Circulating levels of bisphenol A and phthalates are related to carotid atherosclerosis in the elderly.

abstract：:Remnant lipoproteins are known to promote atherosclerosis especially in patients with type III hyperlipoproteinemia (HLP). In the current study, the effects of atorvastatin were investigated with special reference to the exogenous and endogenous apolipoprotein (apo) B-containing lipoprotein metabolism in type III HLP....

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Ishigami M,Yamashita S,Sakai N,Hirano K,Hiraoka H,Nakamura T,Matsuzawa Y

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were undertaken on excised rabbit common carotid arteries to assess whether the distribution volume for radioactively labelled albumin is influenced by smooth muscle tone or externally applied stress. In arteries at relaxed length and zero transmural pressure, the distribution volume in the media was reduc...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Caro CG,Lever MJ

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible mechanisms of action of probucol on the metabolism of low density lipoprotein and of high density lipoprotein were studied in 5 hyperlipidaemic subjects. The kinetics of LDL-B protein and of HDL-AI protein were determined by 2-pool analysis of specific radioactivity-time curves after reinjection of 131I-l...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Nestel PJ,Billington T

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated a 69-year-old Japanese woman with apolipoprotein (apo) A-I deficiency, high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol, hypertension and impaired glucose tolerance. The patient had corneal opacity, but neither xanthomas, xanthelasma, nor tonsillar hypertrophy. She was not symptomatic for coronary...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Yokota H,Hashimoto Y,Okubo S,Yumoto M,Mashige F,Kawamura M,Kotani K,Usuki Y,Shimada S,Kitamura K,Nakahara K

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human preadipocytes and adipocytes are known to produce the proatherogenic factor PAI-1 and proinflammatory cytokines, and obesity was found to be state of increased adipose production of these factors. In the present study, we investigated the effect of rosuvastatin on the regulation of PAI-1 gene expression in human...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Laumen H,Skurk T,Hauner H

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Increased activity of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 is observed in aortas of different models of hypertension, and its activation is directly mediated by oxidative stress. As quercetin is an important flavonoid with significant antioxidant effects, the hypothesis here is that quercetin will reduc...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Pereira SC,Parente JM,Belo VA,Mendes AS,Gonzaga NA,do Vale GT,Ceron CS,Tanus-Santos JE,Tirapelli CR,Castro MM

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study is the first work to evaluate thrombin-, ADP-, and collagen-induced platelet aggregation in laboratory rats receiving alimentation with the parenterally-administered lipid emulsion, Lipofundin-S, in doses sufficient to induce early atherosclerotic changes in the aorta. The aggregometry parameters of ...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Saladino CF,Fox RL,Yeh Q,Karpowicz F,Feffer SE,Jonas EA

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In animal model studies, the uptake of chylomicron remnants after entering in the space of Disse occurs mainly by low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor and LDL receptor-related protein (LRP). In subjects, the relative importance of each one of these receptors for the clearance of chylomicron remnants is not fully und...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Sposito AC,Santos RD,Hueb W,Ventura LI,Vinagre CC,Ramires JA,Maranhão RC

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidant signalling and lipoprotein oxidation may play important roles in atherosclerotic lesion development. Given coincident localization of 15-lipoxygenase (15-LO), stereospecific products of 15-LO and epitopes of modified LDL in atherosclerotic lesions, we hypothesized that inhibition of 15-LO by PD146176, an inhib...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Bocan TM,Rosebury WS,Mueller SB,Kuchera S,Welch K,Daugherty A,Cornicelli JA

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular calcification is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events that are the most common cause of death in patients with end-stage renal disease. Clinical and experimental studies indicate that hyperphosphatemia is a risk factor for vascular calcification and cardiovascular mortality in these patient...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Li X,Yang HY,Giachelli CM

更新日期：2008-08-01 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 AND AIMS:Proteoglycan 4 (Prg4) has a high structural similarity with the established atherosclerosis-modulating proteoglycan versican, but its role in atherogenesis is still unknown. Therefore, the impact of Prg4 deficiency on macrophage function in vitro and atherosclerosis susceptibility in vivo was invest...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Nahon JE,Hoekstra M,Havik SR,Van Santbrink PJ,Dallinga-Thie GM,Kuivenhoven JA,Geerling JJ,Van Eck M

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured 381 genomewide markers and performed genetic linkage analyses in search of loci influencing coronary artery calcification (CAC), a measure of atherosclerosis determined by electron beam computed tomography, in 948 non-Hispanic white siblings (mean age [+/-standard deviation] = 59.6 +/- 9.9 years; 73.7% hyp...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Turner ST,Peyser PA,Kardia SL,Bielak LF,Sheedy PF 3rd,Boerwinkle E,de Andrade M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-very low-density lipoprotein (beta-VLDL), a collective term for VLDL and chylomicron remnants, has recently shown to potently promote the development of atherosclerosis. However, the effects of beta-VLDL on the accumulation of nitric oxide (NO) and the expression of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) in vascular smooth...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Takahashi M,Takahashi S,Shimpo M,Naito A,Ogata Y,Kobayashi E,Ikeda U,Shimada K

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Familial dysbetalipoproteinemia (FD), also known as type III hyperlipoproteinemia, is a genetic dyslipidemia characterized by elevated very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) and chylomicron remnant particles that confers increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The objective of this study was to evaluate...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Koopal C,Retterstøl K,Sjouke B,Hovingh GK,Ros E,de Graaf J,Dullaart RP,Bertolini S,Visseren FL

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum phospholipids were analyzed for their content of long-chained fatty acids together with other components of lipoproteins (total- and HDL-cholesterol, apolipoproteins A-I and B, triglycerides), in 60 coronary heart disease patients and 30 control individuals. Some of the individual variations in content of the va...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Aursnes I,Smith P,Christiansen EN,Berg K

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously demonstrated that hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) treatment inhibits diet-induced atherosclerosis in New Zealand White rabbits. In the present study we investigate the mechanisms that might be involved in the athero-protective effect of HBO treatment in a well-accepted model of atherosclerosis, the apoE knockout...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Kudchodkar BJ,Pierce A,Dory L

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:P-selectin is a cellular adhesion molecule that has been shown to be crucial in development of coronary heart disease (CHD). We sought to determine the role of P-selectin on the risk of atherosclerosis in a large multi-ethnic population. METHODS:Data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), inc...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Bielinski SJ,Berardi C,Decker PA,Kirsch PS,Larson NB,Pankow JS,Sale M,de Andrade M,Sicotte H,Tang W,Hanson NQ,Wassel CL,Polak JF,Tsai MY

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine whether the well-established effect of the common TaqIB polymorphism in intron 1 of the gene for cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP) on high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) concentration and increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI), could be explained by the recen...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Eiriksdottir G,Bolla MK,Thorsson B,Sigurdsson G,Humphries SE,Gudnason V

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of homocysteine requires contributions of several enzymes and vitamin cofactors. Earlier studies identified a common polymorphism of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase that was associated with mild hyperhomocysteinemia. Common variants of two other enzymes involved in homocysteine metabolism, methionin...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Jacques PF,Bostom AG,Selhub J,Rich S,Ellison RC,Eckfeldt JH,Gravel RA,Rozen R,National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health.

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the kinetic parameters of high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesteryl esters in the cebus monkey, an animal species with high plasma cholesteryl ester transfer activity. HDL were radiolabeled with cholesteryl [1-14C]oleate and intravenously administered to 4 cebus monkeys. The calculated fractional catabolic...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Terpstra AH,Stucchi AF,Nicolosi RJ

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Several studies have shown that periodontitis is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. There is an association between inflammation and endothelial dysfunction. The purpose of this study was to evaluate endothelial function in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) who had periodontitis. METHODS AN...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Higashi Y,Goto C,Hidaka T,Soga J,Nakamura S,Fujii Y,Hata T,Idei N,Fujimura N,Chayama K,Kihara Y,Taguchi A

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the influence of lifestyle modification with and without lipid-lowering drug therapy on the carotid arterial wall, we did a 2 year prospective ultrasound study of carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) in 1390 male and female residents of a suburban Japanese town. According to total cholesterol (TC) level at...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Okada K,Maeda N,Tatsukawa M,Shimizu C,Sawayama Y,Hayashi J

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Collagen synthesis in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) is very important in atherosclerosis, as it affects plaque stability. In this study, we aim to assess whether miR-124-3p is involved in the collagen synthesis process in VSMCs and the role it might play in atherosclerotic development. METHO...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Chen W,Yu F,Di M,Li M,Chen Y,Zhang Y,Liu X,Huang X,Zhang M

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:A small crypt in the Santissima Annunziata Church of Santa Maria della Scala Hospital in Siena (Italy) contained three well-preserved mummies, two of which, dated back to the 15th-16th century, were identified as Salimbene Capacci (1433-1497), Rector of the Hospital, and his wife, Margherita Sozzini...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Gaeta R,Fornaciari A,Izzetti R,Caramella D,Giuffra V

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell-adhesion molecule CD44 likely participates in atherosclerosis development. We have shown previously that pro-inflammatory cytokines affect CD44 expression. Therefore, this work examined the role of elevated CD44 levels in human macrophages. Macrophages from human atherosclerotic subjects (n=15) showed elevate...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Hägg D,Sjöberg S,Hultén LM,Fagerberg B,Wiklund O,Rosengren A,Carlsson LM,Borén J,Svensson PA,Krettek A

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelium-derived relaxing and contracting factors play an important role in atherosclerosis, re-stenosis and graft survival. Internal thoracic artery (ITA) and saphenous vein (SV) are used as conduit vessels in coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). The long-term graft patency rate is higher with ITA than SV....

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Hamilton CA,Berg G,Mcintyre M,Mcphaden AR,Reid JL,Dominiczak AF

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of resistance training (RT) on the metabolism of an LDL-like nanoemulsion and on lipid transfer to HDL, an important step of HDL metabolism. METHODS:LDL-like nanoemulsion plasma kinetics was studied in 15 healthy men under regular RT for 1-4 years (age = 25 ± 5 years, VO(2)peak = 50 ±...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： da Silva JL,Vinagre CG,Morikawa AT,Alves MJ,Mesquita CH,Maranhão RC

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) parallels the obesity epidemic and associates with components of the metabolic syndrome (MetS). Cholesterol efflux capacity (CEC) represents a key metric of high density lipoprotein (HDL) function which may predict atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： van den Berg EH,Gruppen EG,Ebtehaj S,Bakker SJL,Tietge UJF,Dullaart RPF

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To examine the association between white blood cell count (WBC) and metabolic syndrome (MS) in an older Chinese population. METHODS:Three thousand and twenty men and 7,256 women aged 50-85 years were recruited and received a medical check-up including measurement of complete blood count, blood pressure, obesity i...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Lao XQ,Neil Thomas G,Jiang C,Zhang W,Adab P,Lam TH,Cheng KK

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00