A monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 gene polymorphism is associated with occult ischemia in a high-risk asymptomatic population.

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to compare the histologic variability of atheromas resected from patients with various risk factors for vascular disease. Twenty-seven plaques obtained using the Simpson atherectomy catheter were studied. The results of this light and electron microscopic study indicate that patients with...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Barbano EF,Newman GE,McCann RL,Hackel DB,Stack RS,Palmos LE,Mikat EM

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Epidemiological, biological and clinical links between periodontal and cardiovascular diseases are now well established. Several human studies have detected bacterial DNA corresponding to periodontal pathogens in cardiovascular samples. Intraplaque hemorrhage has been associated with a higher risk of atherosc...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Rangé H,Labreuche J,Louedec L,Rondeau P,Planesse C,Sebbag U,Bourdon E,Michel JB,Bouchard P,Meilhac O

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), assessed by electrocardiogram (ECG), is associated with increased risk for stroke. However, few studies that evaluated whether ECG-detected LVH predicts ischemic stroke severity and outcome. We aimed to evaluate these associations. METHODS:We prospectively studie...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Tziomalos K,Sofogianni A,Angelopoulou SM,Christou K,Kostaki S,Papagianni M,Satsoglou S,Spanou M,Savopoulos C,Hatzitolios AI

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the possible role of arachidonic acid (AA) in macrophage cholesterol biosynthesis and in PON2 expression. METHODS AND RESULTS:We used peritoneal macrophages (MPM) from the 6-DS KO mice that were fed a diet without or with AA. Macrophage cholesterol biosynthesis rate and HMGCoA-reductase mRNA level...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Rosenblat M,Volkova N,Roqueta-Rivera M,Nakamura MT,Aviram M

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human aortic aneurysm is commonly characterized by the presence of advanced atherosclerosis associated with variable chronic adventitial inflammation. Histological examination of human aortic aneurysmal specimens revealed the presence of plasma cells and lymphoid aggregates in media and adventitia of the vessels. Immu...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Yen HC,Lee FY,Chau LY

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aortic endothelium of rabbits fed a stock diet containing 1 or 2% cholesterol for intervals of 1 day to 21 weeks was compared with that of normal rabbits on a stock diet without cholesterol. The endothelium was examined en face using the Häutchen technique. The aortic endothelium of the experimental animals reveal...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Silkworth JB,McLean B,Stehbens WE

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabbit aortic smooth muscle cells (SMCs) were successfully subcultured in 10% hyperlipidemic rabbit serum (HLS) for at least 9 passages. SMCs grown in HLS grew into higher cell densities than SMCs cultured in normolipidemic rabbit serum (NLS) for at least 4-5 passages in NLS and HLS, respectively. However, cells cultu...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Pietilä K

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In symptom-free subjects, exercise tolerance testing (ETT) has a doubtful utility for detecting latent coronary heart disease (CHD) because of frequent false positives, but it may be valuable for predicting future CHD. To clarify the latter question, we calculated CHD incidence associated with presence or absence of E...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Mégnien JL,Simon A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The levels of apolipoproteins B, E and A-1 and the molecular species of triacylglycerols, phospholipids and cholesteryl esters were individually quantitated by electroimmunoassay and gas chromatographic total lipid profiling in 50 fresh samples of umbilical cord sera obtained from full term, normal delivery, healthy h...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Dolphin PJ,Breckenridge WC,Dolphin MA,Tan MH

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Sulforaphane, a naturally occurring organosulfur compound in broccoli, has chemopreventive properties in cancer. However, the effects of sulforaphane in vascular diseases have not been examined. We therefore aimed to investigate the effects of sulforaphane on vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation a...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Kwon JS,Joung H,Kim YS,Shim YS,Ahn Y,Jeong MH,Kee HJ

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals who are physically fit or engage in regular physical activity have a lower incidence of cardiovascular disease and risk of mortality. We conducted a large-scale controlled trial of interventions to decrease cardiovascular risk factors, during which we assessed the effect of a workplace-based intervention p...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Naito M,Nakayama T,Okamura T,Miura K,Yanagita M,Fujieda Y,Kinoshita F,Naito Y,Nakagawa H,Tanaka T,Ueshima H,HIPOP-OHP Research Group.

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fractional catabolic rate (FCR) for low density lipoprotein (LDL) apolipoprotein B (apo B) was studied to explore the variations in apo B as a possible cause of hypercholesterolemia. The FCR of radioiodine labelled autologous LDL and homologous LDL isolated from a normocholesterolemic subject were compared in fort...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Korhonen T,Savolainen MJ,Kesäniemi YA

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The association between cholesterol and endothelial dysfunction remains controversial. We tested the hypothesis that lipoprotein subclasses are associated with coronary endothelial dysfunction. METHODS AND RESULTS:Coronary endothelial function was assessed in 490 patients between November 1993 and February 2...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Ford MA,McConnell JP,Lavi S,Rihal CS,Prasad A,Sandhu GS,Hartman SJ,Lerman LO,Lerman A

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In general, plasma concentrations of high density lipoproteins (HDL) are inversely related to the incidence of coronary artery disease. One exception to this trend is individuals with apolipoprotein A-I(Milano) (apo A-IM), a molecular variant of apo A-I, which results in very low plasma apo A-I and HDL-cholesterol lev...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Chiesa G,Stoltzfus LJ,Michelagnoli S,Bielicki JK,Santi M,Forte TM,Sirtori CR,Franceschini G,Rubin EM

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin K is involved in the biosynthesis of a number of blood coagulation factors and bone proteins. It has been suggested that the vitamin K requirement of bone tissue is higher than that of the liver. Here we report that in rats very high doses of vitamin K affected neither the blood coagulation characteristics nor...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Ronden JE,Groenen-van Dooren MM,Hornstra G,Vermeer C

更新日期：1997-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evidence has demonstrated profound influence of genetic background on cardiovascular phenotypes. Murine models in Marfan syndrome (MFS) have shown that genetic background-related variations affect thoracic aortic aneurysm formation, rupture, and lifespan of mice. MFS mice with C57Bl/6 genetic background are l...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Dale MA,Suh MK,Zhao S,Meisinger T,Gu L,Swier VJ,Agrawal DK,Greiner TC,Carson JS,Baxter BT,Xiong W

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factor XIII is a transglutaminase that crosslinks fibrin in the last steps of the coagulation process. A few polymorphic sites have been identified in this gene, one of them being a point mutation (FXIII Val34Leu), leading to an amino acid change of valine to leucine. Recently, in British patients, FXIII 34Leu allele ...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Wartiovaara U,Perola M,Mikkola H,Tötterman K,Savolainen V,Penttilä A,Grant PJ,Tikkanen MJ,Vartiainen E,Karhunen PJ,Peltonen L,Palotie A

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular calcification is a common finding in abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) however whether it predicts aneurysm expansion is controversial. OBJECTIVES:1) To establish a reproducible method of assessing AAA calcification using computed tomography (CT); 2) To investigate the association between AAA calcif...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Hendy K,Gunnarsson R,Cronin O,Golledge J

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a new method for the rapid fractionation of plasma lipoproteins, which makes use of a new non-ionic, iodinated, density gradient medium, iodixanol, commercially available as Optiprep(TM). The method is simple: plasma or serum is mixed with iodixanol followed by centrifugation in a vertical or near vertical...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Graham JM,Higgins JA,Gillott T,Taylor T,Wilkinson J,Ford T,Billington D

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary linoleate was effective to increase LDL fluidity in adult men but did not significantly influence VLDL or HDL fluidities. Lipoproteins were isolated ultracentrifugally from plasma of sixteen healthy, free living male volunteers consuming controlled diets formulated from typical U.S.A. foods to have 35 energy %...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Berlin E,Judd JT,Marshall MW,Kliman PG

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypercholesterolemia (HC) induces alterations in systemic vascular reactivity, which can manifest as an attenuated endothelium-dependent relaxation, partly consequent to an impairment in nitric oxide (NO) activity. To determine whether experimental HC has a similar effect on renal vascular function, renal artery segme...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Stulak JM,Lerman A,Caccitolo JA,Wilson SH,Romero JC,Schaff HV,Rodriguez Porcel M,Lerman LO

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The utility of lipoprotein particle profiles measured by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy beyond standard serum lipids remains inconclusive. Furthermore, few studies have compared NMR measurements with standard lipids in association with coronary artery calcification (CAC) in Japanese, where the ...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Hisamatsu T,Fujiyoshi A,Miura K,Ohkubo T,Kadota A,Kadowaki S,Kadowaki T,Yamamoto T,Miyagawa N,Zaid M,Torii S,Takashima N,Murakami Y,Okamura T,Horie M,Ueshima H,SESSA Research Group.

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) to seasonal and latitude variation has prompted speculation that exposure to the ultraviolet component of solar radiation may reduce IHD risk. This hypothesis was partially tested by exposing 14 post-myocardial infarction patients to a 6 week course of artificial whole...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Clark P,Cockburn F,Cowan RA,Czapla K,Dunnigan MG,Farish E,Hughes E

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have proven to be involved in the progression of atherosclerosis and dyslipidemia. In addition, vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) phenotype switching, including VSMCs-derived foam cells formation, plays a key role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. LncRNA ENST0...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Cai C,Zhu H,Ning X,Li L,Yang B,Chen S,Wang L,Lu X,Gu D

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated the separate impact of metabolic syndrome (MS) and altered glucose tolerance on early markers of vascular injuries. METHODS:Intima-media thickness (IMT) and pulse wave analysis (PWA), were evaluated in 132 overweight or obese subjects, with (MS(+)) or without (MS(-)) MS; subjects were further...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Di Pino A,Alagona C,Piro S,Calanna S,Spadaro L,Palermo F,Urbano F,Purrello F,Rabuazzo AM

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate whether atherosclerosis can be prevented by magnetically labeled endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in rabbits. MATERIALS AND METHODS:EPCs derived from rabbit periphery blood were labeled with a superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) agent Fe(2)O(3)-poly-L-lysine (Fe(2)O(3)-PLL). Rabbit atheroscle...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Ma ZL,Mai XL,Sun JH,Ju SH,Yang X,Ni Y,Teng GJ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole blood and plasma viscosity, red cell aggregability and deformability, and plasma fibrinogen have been compared between 20 patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH), without clinical arterial disease, and 20 age- and sex-matched controls. Plasma fibrinogen was elevated in FH, associated with ...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Jay RH,Rampling MW,Betteridge DJ

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The differences in the fatty acid spectra of serum samples obtained from vegetarians (62 females, 40 males) and non-vegetarians (70 females, 38 males) were evaluated in a matched-pair study design. This study population made it possible to examine 48 female and 31 male pairs whose age difference did not exceed 3 years...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Melchert HU,Limsathayourat N,Mihajlović H,Eichberg J,Thefeld W,Rottka H

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of atherosclerotic lesions requires the migration of vascular smooth muscle cells from the media into the intima of the artery and their proliferation. These events, which are preceded and accompanied by inflammation, are modulated by integrin receptors linking vascular smooth muscle cells to extracellul...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Barillari G,Albonici L,Incerpi S,Bogetto L,Pistritto G,Volpi A,Ensoli B,Manzari V

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular event reduction in hypercholesterolemic subjects appropriately emphasizes the prominent role of statin therapy; however, niacin (nicotinic acid) is also an effective lipid-altering agent that prevents atherosclerosis and reduces cardiovascular events. Niacin has multifarious lipoprotein and anti-atherot...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Rosenson RS

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00