Anemia and its predictors among adult non-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients at Southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Curr Med Res Opin. 2021 Dec 3:1-22. doi: 10.1080/03007995.2021.2012965. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Anemia is an adverse outcome and common complication in chronic...
The factors associated with carpal tunnel syndrome severity
Turk Neurosurg. 2021 Jun 19. doi: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.34519-21.2. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT AIM: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common peripheral entrapment neuropathy. Several...
Metabolic syndrome and male lower urinary tract symptoms
Panminerva Med. 2021 Dec 3. doi: 10.23736/S0031-0808.21.04496-7. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Historically, urologists regarded prostate enlargement as the sole cause for male bladder problems....
Case Report: Neonatal Cholestasis as Early Manifestation of Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Front Pediatr. 2021 Nov 11;9:767858. doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.767858. eCollection 2021. ABSTRACT Neonatal cholestasis (NC) may be due to multiple surgical and non-surgical causes, some of which...
Practical strategies for modulating foam cell formation and behavior
World J Clin Cases. 2014 Oct 16;2(10):497-506. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v2.i10.497. ABSTRACT Although high density lipoprotein (HDL)-mediated reverse cholesterol transport is crucial to the prevention and reversal...
Tea, flavonoids, and cardiovascular health: endothelial protection
Am J Clin Nutr. 2013 Dec;98(6 Suppl):1660S-1666S. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.113.058313. Epub 2013 Oct 30. ABSTRACT Several studies have suggested that tea consumption might protect against the...
Catechin averts experimental diabetes mellitus-induced vascular endothelial structural and functional abnormalities
Cardiovasc Toxicol. 2014 Mar;14(1):41-51. doi: 10.1007/s12012-013-9226-y. ABSTRACT Diabetes mellitus is associated with an induction of vascular endothelial dysfunction (VED), an initial event that could lead...
Epigallocatechin gallate reduces vascular inflammation in db/db mice possibly through an NF-κB-mediated mechanism
Mol Nutr Food Res. 2012 Sep;56(9):1424-32. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201200040. Epub 2012 Jul 2. ABSTRACT SCOPE: Hyperglycemia-induced vascular inflammation resulting in the adhesion of monocytes to endothelium...
Studies on tea and health
Wei Sheng Yan Jiu. 2011 Nov;40(6):802-5. ABSTRACT Many studies, both national and international, have shown that tea has protective effects on many chronic diseases and...
Protective Effect of Epigallocatechin Gallate on Endothelial Disorders in Atherosclerosis
J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2020 Apr;75(4):292-298. doi: 10.1097/FJC.0000000000000792. ABSTRACT Healthy vascular endothelial cells regulate vascular tone and permeability, prevent vessel wall inflammation, enhance thromboresistance, and contribute...
Natural Products with Antiplatelet Action
Curr Pharm Des. 2017;23(8):1228-1246. doi: 10.2174/1381612823666161123151611. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Complex hemostatic mechanisms are involved in the pathophysiology of various diseases, including cardiovascular diseases. Among them, dysregulation...
Estrogens and Coronary Artery Disease: New Clinical Perspectives
Adv Pharmacol. 2016;77:307-60. doi: 10.1016/bs.apha.2016.05.003. Epub 2016 Jun 29. ABSTRACT In premenopausal women, endogenous estrogens are associated with reduced prevalence of arterial hypertension, coronary artery...
Pu-erh Tea Extract Attenuates Nicotine-Induced Foam Cell Formation in Primary Cultured Monocytes: An in Vitro Mechanistic Study
J Agric Food Chem. 2016 Apr 27;64(16):3186-95. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b00624. Epub 2016 Apr 18. ABSTRACT In this study, the mechanisms by which pu-erh tea extract (PETE)...
Vascular endothelium: functioning in norm, changes in atherosclerosis and current dietary approaches to improve endothelial function
Mini Rev Med Chem. 2015;15(4):338-50. doi: 10.2174/1389557515666150226114031. ABSTRACT The endothelium represents not only a simple cellular monolayer that lines the vascular tree in humans and...
Self-Reported Omega-3 Supplement Use Moderates the Association between Age and Exercising Cerebral Blood Flow Velocity in Older Adults
Nutrients. 2020 Mar 5;12(3):697. doi: 10.3390/nu12030697. ABSTRACT Cerebral blood flow (CBF) decreases across the lifespan, and chronic conditions such as dementia and stroke accelerate this...