Quantitative trait locus on Chromosome 19 for circulating levels of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in Mexican Americans.

abstract：:Several reports have suggested an association between lipid peroxidation and human carotid atherosclerosis, but few reports have demonstrated a link between lipid peroxidation and carotid plaques in humans. In this study, we investigated the relationship between clinical features, histopathological characteristics and...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Nishi K,Uno M,Fukuzawa K,Horiguchi H,Shinno K,Nagahiro S

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial dysbetalipoproteinemia is characterized by hyperlipidemia, increases in beta-migrating, very low density lipoproteins (beta-VLDL), and homozygosity for apolipoprotein E2 (apo E2). In this study, 3 patients with familial dysbetalipoproteinemia were treated with lovastatin, and kinetics for apolipoprotein B (ap...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Vega GL,East C,Grundy SM

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enhanced and prolonged postprandial lipaemia is implicated in coronary and carotid artery disease. This study assessed the effects of atorvastatin, a 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase inhibitor, on postprandial plasma concentrations of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins (TRLs). Sixteen middle-aged men with combined...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Boquist S,Karpe F,Danell-Toverud K,Hamsten A

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Type 2 diabetes (DM2) and impaired glucose metabolism (IGM) are associated with an increased cardiovascular disease risk. Impaired endothelial synthesis of nitric oxide (NO) is an important feature of atherothrombosis and can be estimated from endothelium-dependent flow-mediated dilation (FMD). It is controv...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Henry RM,Ferreira I,Kostense PJ,Dekker JM,Nijpels G,Heine RJ,Kamp O,Bouter LM,Stehouwer CD

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Microvascular mechanisms are increasingly recognized as being involved in a significant proportion of coronary artery disease (CAD) cases, but their exact contribution or role is unclear. We aimed to define the association between retinal microvascular signs and both CAD extent and severity. METHODS:1120 par...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Gopinath B,Chiha J,Plant AJ,Thiagalingam A,Burlutsky G,Kovoor P,Liew G,Mitchell P

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：:Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic, progressive liver disease associated with markedly elevated serum lipids, but it is not clear if PBC is associated with accelerated atherosclerosis. The present systematic review examined the relationship of PBC to atherosclerotic risk. The lipid abnormalities in PBC are c...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Sorokin A,Brown JL,Thompson PD

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recent data suggests that cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) activity may interact with acute stress conditions via inflammatory-oxidative response and thrombogenesis. We investigated this assumption in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). METHODS:Consecutive patients with STEMI (...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Carvalho LS,Virginio VW,Panzoldo NB,Figueiredo VN,Santos SN,Modolo RG,Andrade JM,Quinaglia E Silva JC,Nadruz-Junior W,de Faria EC,Sposito AC,Brasilia Heart Study Group.

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An organ culture technique was used to investigate the removal of fatty acids incorporated into various lipid fractions in intimal segments of atherosclerotic rabbit aorta. Segments of aorta were pulse-labelled in vitro with [9,10-3H]oleic acid and [1-14C]linoleic acid for 24 h. The incubation medium was replaced with...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Hudson K,Day AJ,Horsch AK

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An attempt was made to explore the reasons why men develop coronary heart disease (CHD) despite being at low risk on the basis of established risk factors. A case control study was designed to take place after the end of a longitudinal study in which both low- and high-risk men who had developed CHD over the course of...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Heller RF,Miller NE,Wheeler MJ,Kind PR

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum triglycerides, cholesterol, HDL-C and LDL-C levels as well as the LDL/HDL cholesterol ratio were determined in 11 patients suffering from hyperthyroidism and 7 patients suffering from hypothyroidism, and compared with those of 19 sex-and age-matched controls. In hypothyroidism a net increase of all lipid values ...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Raziel A,Rosenzweig B,Botvinic V,Beigel I,Landau B,Blum I

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) is a transmembrane protein involved in the migration and adhesion of leukocytes to the vascular endothelium. While some studies indicate that elevated baseline sICAM-1 levels predict cardiovascular events, most of these studies were done in men; moreover, u...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Albert MA,Glynn RJ,Buring JE,Ridker PM

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the association between the multiple metabolic risk factors and cardiovascular and overall mortality among Korean men, a population with a low prevalence of obesity. This prospective cohort study involved 682,597 Korean men, aged 30-69 years at baseline (1992), who were initially without cancer or debi...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Park HS,Cho SI,Song YM,Sung J

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is unclear whether individuals experience specific patterns of morbidity prior to premature death from cardiovascular disease (CVD). METHODS:We examined morbidity levels in the 6 years leading up to death from CVD in 37,397 men and 113,198 women under 65 years of age from the Finnish Public Sector study,...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Singh-Manoux A,Kivimäki M,Sjösten N,Ferrie JE,Nabi H,Pentti J,Virtanen M,Oksanen T,Vahtera J

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Consumption of oily fish and fish oils is associated with protection against cardiovascular disease. Paradoxically, long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids present in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) are suggested to be susceptible to oxidation. It is not clear whether eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid ...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Mesa MD,Buckley R,Minihane AM,Yaqoob P

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelium plays a pivotal role in the development of atherosclerosis. Endothelial dysfunction participates in the course of acute coronary event. Using high-resolution ultrasound technique, endothelial dysfunction has been demonstrated in patients with atherosclerosis and risk factors for coronary disease, such as h...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Zhang X,Zhao SP,Li XP,Gao M,Zhou QC

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein D (APOD, gene; apoD, protein) is a plasma high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-associated glycoprotein, with a putative role in the cholesterol (CHOL) transport pathway. An apoD protein polymorphism has been previously reported by us. The cathodically shifted pattern seen on isoelectric focusing gels, control...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Desai PP,Bunker CH,Ukoli FA,Kamboh MI

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spatial distribution of intimal thickening was determined for each of 42 carotid bifurcations removed at autopsy from patients with no clinical or anatomic evidence of cerebrovascular disease. Both right and left specimens were available for six of the individuals. Each bifurcation was removed intact and included ...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Masawa N,Glagov S,Zarins CK

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oscillatory shear stress applied to the lining of blood vessels causes endothelial cell injury, one of the essential postulated prerequisites to the development of atherosclerosis. The purpose of this investigation was to study effects of shear stress on bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAEC), in vitro, for varying le...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Skarlatos SI,Hollis TM

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Altered activity of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) is implicated in the vascular remodeling of hypertension. We examined whether increased MMP-2 expression/activity plays a role in the vascular remodeling and dysfunction found in the two-kidney, one-clip (2K-1C) hypertension. Sham operated or 2K-1C hypertension rats...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Castro MM,Rizzi E,Figueiredo-Lopes L,Fernandes K,Bendhack LM,Pitol DL,Gerlach RF,Tanus-Santos JE

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) describes several features of coronary plaques, i.e. location, severity, and composition. Integrated CTA scores are able to identify individual patterns of higher risk. We sought to test whether circulating biomarkers related with metabolism and inflammation cou...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Caselli C,De Graaf MA,Lorenzoni V,Rovai D,Marinelli M,Del Ry S,Giannessi D,Bax JJ,Neglia D,Scholte AJ

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility that Fas/APO 1 is involved in the apoptosis of advanced human coronary atherosclerosis was examined in the present study. Coronary arteries with atherosclerosis were obtained from human hearts with chronic ischemic heart disease at cardiac transplantation. Normal vessels were used as controls. Fas/APO ...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Cai W,Devaux B,Schaper W,Schaper J

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heritability of plasma apolipoprotein (apo) A-I, apo B, and low density lipoprotein (LDL) subclasses and concordance for lipoprotein(a) excess were assessed in 109 monozygotic (MZ) and 113 dizygotic (DZ) twin pairs participating in the third examination of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Twin Study. The ...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Lamon-Fava S,Jimenez D,Christian JC,Fabsitz RR,Reed T,Carmelli D,Castelli WP,Ordovas JM,Wilson PW,Schaefer EJ

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cysteine protease cathepsin L is one of the most potent mammalian elastases and collagenases, widely expressed at basal levels in most tested tissues and cell types, and regulated by pro-inflammatory stimuli. The inflammatory arterial diseases abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and atherosclerosis involve extensive v...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Liu J,Sukhova GK,Yang JT,Sun J,Ma L,Ren A,Xu WH,Fu H,Dolganov GM,Hu C,Libby P,Shi GP

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of fluvastatin on the microcirculation of patients with hyperlipidaemia (low-density lipoprotein cholesterol > 160 mg/dL, triglycerides < 350 mg/dl) inadequately controlled by diet. After a dietary run-in of 4 weeks, patients were randomised in a double-blind stu...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Haak E,Abletshauser C,Weber S,Goedicke C,Martin N,Hermanns N,Lackner K,Kusterer K,Usadel KH,Haak T

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The EPA/AA ratio has emerged as a predictor of mortality endpoints in cardiac disease; however, its prognostic value in peripheral artery disease (PAD) patients is unclear. We assessed the serum eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) to arachidonic acid (AA) ratio in patients with PAD caused by femoropopliteal artery l...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Hishikari K,Kimura S,Yamakami Y,Kojima K,Sagawa Y,Otani H,Sugiyama T,Kuwahara T,Hikita H,Takahashi A,Isobe M

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Carotid artery plaque is an established marker of subclinical atherosclerosis and common patho-mechanisms with coronary artery disease (CAD) are hypothesized. We aimed to identify genetic variants associated with carotid plaque and to examine the potential shared genetic basis with CAD. METHODS:Aft...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Pott J,Burkhardt R,Beutner F,Horn K,Teren A,Kirsten H,Holdt LM,Schuler G,Teupser D,Loeffler M,Thiery J,Scholz M

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate plasma levels of asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), an important endogenous inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase, in populations at high risk for atherosclerosis as compared to healthy controls, and furthermore to evaluate the effect of cholesterol lowering therapy in ind...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Eid HM,Eritsland J,Larsen J,Arnesen H,Seljeflot I

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of 4 months of low-dose probucol treatment (250 mg/day) on LDL oxidation and on plasma-HDL cholesterol was studied in a prospective, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial involving 26 male volunteers. LDL samples isolated at baseline and at 4 months were subjected to in vitro tests of LDL oxida...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Cristol LS,Jialal I,Grundy SM

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00