Icariin activates autophagy to trigger TGFbeta1 upregulation and promote angiogenesis in EA.hy926 human vascular endothelial cells
Bioengineered. 2021 Nov 30. doi: 10.1080/21655979.2021.2011637. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Angiogenesis plays an important role in tissue development and repair, and how to regulate...
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...
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...
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)...