The ligand/RAGE axis: lighting the fuse and igniting vascular stress.

abstract：:Stroke is a common and disabling condition. Intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) administered within 3 h of symptom onset is the standard therapy for eligible patients with acute ischemic stroke. Unfortunately, because of the time limitation, very few patients with ischemic stroke actually receive this treat...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Elijovich L,Chong JY

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipodystrophies are a group of heterogeneous diseases characterized by the loss of adipose tissue and by abnormalities of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, including insulin resistance, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia. In this review, we describe several mouse models that recapitulate various aspects of the lipodystroph...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Reue K,Péterfy M

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Acute stroke is a treatable disease. Nevertheless, only a minority of patients obtain guideline-adjusted therapy. One major reason is the small time window in which therapies have to be administered in order to reverse or mitigate brain injury and prevent disability. The Mobile Stroke Unit (MSU) conce...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Walter S,Grunwald IQ,Helwig SA,Ragoschke-Schumm A,Kettner M,Fousse M,Lesmeister M,Fassbender K

更新日期：2018-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:At a time when the lipid management guidelines give more and more emphasis to the identification and treatment of high-risk patients with the metabolic syndrome and diabetes, there is an obvious need to balance the known effects of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) lowering with the new evidence of clinical efficacy deriv...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Fazio S,Linton MF

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing interest in determining the genetic predictors of plasma lipid response to diet intervention. Several candidate gene loci, namely, apolipoprotein (APO) A1, APOA4, APOC3, APOB, APOE, CETP, LPL, and FABP2, have been shown to explain a significant, but still rather small, proportion of the interindivid...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Ordovas JM,Galluzzi JR

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically, aspirin resistance is defined as the failure of aspirin therapy to prevent an acute vascular thrombotic event despite regular intake of appropriate doses. In the laboratory, aspirin resistance encompasses the drug's failure to attain a particular level of platelet inhibition. From a clinical standpoint, th...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Blair P,Freedman JE

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant-derived alpha-linolenic acid has been studied in a limited number of investigations. So far, some epidemiologic and a few mechanistic studies suggest a potential of protection from cardiovascular disease, but this potential remains to be proven in intervention studies. In contrast, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) an...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： von Schacky C

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are a common but asymptomatic disease that has high susceptibility to rupture. Current therapeutic options are limited to surgical procedures because no pharmacological approaches have been proven to decrease either expansion or rupture of human AAAs. The current dearth of effective m...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Lu H,Rateri DL,Bruemmer D,Cassis LA,Daugherty A

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is now a consensus about recommending the Mediterranean diet pattern for the prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) and cancer. The most important aspect of this treatment decision, in contrast with the pharmacologic prevention of CHD (including cholesterol lowering), is that the Mediterranean diet has a str...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： de Lorgeril M,Salen P

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors or "statin" medications are the most commonly prescribed therapy for lowering cholesterol. In use for over a decade, they have demonstrated both safety and tolerability across a broad range of patients. The ability to inhibit the biosynthesis of cholesterol an...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Garcia PJ

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) strategies traditionally have been designed for individuals for whom oral speech is not a viable option. Common clinical practice has expanded AAC use to a tool for cognitive retraining or remediation. Although technologic developments offer the potential for vastly imp...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Ansel BM,Weinrich M

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ᅟ: Chronic total occlusions (CTOs) are an important and increasingly recognized subgroup of coronary lesions, documented in at least 30%, but up to 52% of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) undergoing coronary angiography. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of these lesions is increasingly pursued, with...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Cheney A,Kearney KE,Lombardi W

更新日期：2018-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed, tested, and successfully implemented an affordable, evidence-based, comprehensive cardiovascular disease risk-reduction program for use in primary and secondary prevention settings. The program is administered at hospitals, physician practices, cardiac rehabilitation programs, work sites, shopping m...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Gordon NF,Salmon RD,Mitchell BS,Faircloth GC,Levinrad LI,Salmon S,Saxon WE,Reid KS

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a significant prevalence (20%-80% depending on the population and the study) of lipid disorders and other cardiovascular risk factors in people living with HIV infection. This review focuses on HIV and HIV treatment-associated metabolic and cardiovascular concerns, including dyslipidemias, lipodystrophy syndr...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Troll JG

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective prevention of the current annual $400 billion losses from atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD) will require preventing primary causes rather than just decreasing signs and symptoms (risk factors) produced by those causes. All CVD risk factors predict a likelihood of CVD, but not all are causes of...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Lands B

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review addresses normal and pathologic functions of serum amyloid A (SAA), an enigmatic biomarker of inflammation and protein precursor of AA amyloidosis, a life-threatening complication of chronic inflammation. SAA is a small, highly evolutionarily conserved acute-phase protein whose plasma leve...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Gursky O

更新日期：2020-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytochrome P450 (CYP) is a group of enzymes that oxidatively modify drugs to a more water-soluble form for renal excretion. Nearly 50% of all clinically used medications and endogenous steroids are metabolized by the CYP enzyme 3A4, which explains why many of the important potential drug interactions involved this...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Davidson MH

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases are the most common causes of death in the United States. Fibrous plaques develop in 77% to 78% of men before age 30. The mean low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) level in men aged 25 to 30 years is 117 mg/dL. In the Air Force/Texas Coronary Atherosclerosis Prevention St...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Whitney E

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is robust epidemiological evidence dating back to the original Framingham Heart Study from 1977 that indicates an important inverse relationship between high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and risk of incident coronary artery disease (CAD). Despite this body of scientific information demonstrating that ...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Tariq SM,Sidhu MS,Toth PP,Boden WE

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabesity is a term often used to indicate the association of type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with obesity; the prevalence of both conditions is rapidly increasing worldwide and has reached epidemic proportions. Insulin resistance represents the major determinant of T2DM, which becomes manifest once relative β-cell fa...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Castagneto M,Mingrone G

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Olive oil is the principal source of fat in the Mediterranean diet, which has been associated with a lower incidence of coronary heart disease and certain cancers. Olive oil is characterized by a high proportion of monounsaturated oleic acid, but the main peculiarity of extra-virgin oil is the presence of remarkable q...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Visioli F,Galli C

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most clinical trials on antioxidants using vitamin E or beta-carotene have failed to note any significant change in cardiovascular endpoints. The results of these studies have been interpreted as a setback for the oxidation hypothesis. An analysis of the hypothesis and the trials, however, points out major misconcepti...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Parthasarathy S,Khan-Merchant N,Penumetcha M,Khan BV,Santanam N

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than half of the men and women in the United States are overweight or obese. Obesity is associated with an increased risk for various diseases, most notably, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, and coronary heart disease (CHD). The location of excessive body fat, particularly in the visceral area, has ...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Jones PH

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute evaluation of stroke patients has undergone dramatic advances in the recent past. The increasing availability of novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques, such as diffusion and perfusion MRI, provides a plethora of information to clinicians evaluating patients suspected of having an acute stroke. Th...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Duong TQ,Fisher M

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:High-intensity exercise may beneficially impact on insulin sensitivity. However, there is still uncertainty on the actual impact of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) on chronic physiologic adaptations among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We aimed to systematically search and appr...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： da Silva DE,Grande AJ,Roever L,Tse G,Liu T,Biondi-Zoccai G,de Farias JM

更新日期：2019-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerotic heart disease and stroke are leading causes of disability and death worldwide, affecting not only developed countries, but also low- and middle-income regions. Different strategies for handling dyslipidemia as a critical pathogenic risk factor for atherosclerosis have been proposed. However, these reco...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Cuevas A,Arteaga A,Rigotti A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With each passing year, the evidence linking an increased risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) death with a chronic dietary deficiency in long-chain omega-3 (n-3) fatty acids (FAs) grows stronger. Recently, a federally mandated evidence-based review in the United States concluded that n-3 FAs, especially eicosapentae...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Harris WS

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation and oxidative processes are key components of atherosclerosis, from fatty streak formation to plaque rupture and thrombosis. Recent basic and clinical studies have identified a number of inflammatory and oxidative processes that appear to play a direct role in atherothrombosis and identify potentially cli...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Shishehbor MH,Hazen SL

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide range of structurally unrelated antioxidants inhibit atherosclerosis in animal models of hypercholesterolemia, implicating oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. However, most prospective, randomized trials of one proposed antioxidant, vitamin E, have failed to demons...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Heinecke JW

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the hepatic manifestation of the metabolic syndrome and a risk factor for both cardiovascular and hepatic related morbidity and mortality. The increasing prevalence of this disease requires novel therapeutic approaches to prevent disease progression. Farnesoid X receptors a...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Carr RM,Reid AE

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00