In addition to insulin resistance and obesity, brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity is strongly associated with metabolic syndrome in Chinese--a population-based study (Taichung Community Health Study, TCHS).

abstract：AIM:The risk index for atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases in the Japanese metabolic syndrome-focused health checkup program was changed from total cholesterol (TC) to low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). We discuss the validity of this change with respect to standardization. METHODS:The beta-quantificatio...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Nakamura M,Koyama I,Iso H,Sato S,Okazaki M,Kayamori Y,Kiyama M,Kitamura A,Shimamoto T,Ishikawa Y

更新日期：2010-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence suggests important roles for platelet activation in the progression of atherosclerosis. We have recently shown that P-selectin expression or the presence of platelet-monocyte aggregates, a well-characterized marker of platelet activation, is associated with carotid atherosclerosis in the general popula...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Shoji T,Koyama H,Fukumoto S,Maeno T,Yokoyama H,Shinohara K,Emoto M,Shoji T,Inaba M,Nishizawa Y

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Smoking induces vascular inflammation and increases the risk of cardiovascular events. Lectinlike oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor-1 (LOX-1) is a scavenger receptor that is induced by oxidative stress and is associated with atherosclerotic plaque formation and destabilization. LOX-1 interacts with C-reacti...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Takanabe-Mori R,Ono K,Wada H,Takaya T,Ura S,Yamakage H,Satoh-Asahara N,Shimatsu A,Takahashi Y,Fujita M,Fujita Y,Sawamura T,Hasegawa K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Resistin is an adipocytokine that may link inflammation and atherosclerosis.We studied the associations of resistin levels with cardiovascular events and restenosis. METHODS:We measured pre-procedural serum resistin levels in 140 patients with coronary artery disease undergoing elective percutaneous coronary inter...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Momiyama Y,Ohmori R,Uto-Kondo H,Tanaka N,Kato R,Taniguchi H,Arakawa K,Nakamura H,Ohsuzu F

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) have been shown to block matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 activity, which plays a role in atherogenesis. MMP-9 activity of macrophages is increased during foam cell formation. To investigate the contribution of ACEIs to foam cell formation, we studied the effects of ...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Kojima C,Ino J,Ishii H,Nitta K,Yoshida M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study tested the hypothesis that tacrolimus therapy limited left ventricular (LV) infarct and remodeling by suppressing the inflammatory response, oxidative stress and regulating the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and Akt signaling pathways in an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) mini-pig model by lig...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Yang CH,Sheu JJ,Tsai TH,Chua S,Chang LT,Chang HW,Lee FY,Chen YL,Chung SY,Sun CK,Leu S,Yen CH,Yip HK

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We focused on the ratios of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) to arachidonic acid (AA) and explored the significance of these ratios relative to clinical characteristics by age in ischemic stroke patients. METHODS:We enrolled patients with acute ischemic stroke who underwent radiological i...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Ueno Y,Tanaka R,Yamashiro K,Miyamoto N,Hira K,Kurita N,Sakurai M,Urabe T,Shimada K,Miyazaki T,Daida H,Hattori N

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We investigated the effects of a calorie-restricted low-carbohydrate diet on glucose and lipid metabolism, and body fat distribution, especially on the secretion of leptin and lipoprotein lipase from adipose tissue in Otsuka Long Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats. METHODS:Forty-three week-old male OLETF rats were...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Koide N,Oyama T,Miyashita Y,Shirai K

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Fasting and postprandial hypertriglyceridemia (PHTG) are caused by the accumulation of triglyceride (TG)-rich lipoproteins and their remnants, which have atherogenic effects. Fibrates can improve fasting and PHTG; however, reduction of remnants is clinically needed to improve health outcomes. In the current study,...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Sairyo M,Kobayashi T,Masuda D,Kanno K,Zhu Y,Okada T,Koseki M,Ohama T,Nishida M,Sakata Y,Yamashita S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Ezetimibe, an inhibitor of cholesterol intestinal absorption, is a lipid lowering agent. However, anti-atherogenic effects of ezetimibe have not been fully elucidated. Therefore, the objective in this study was to clarify the vascular protective effects of ezetimibe in patients with hypercholesterolemia. METHODS:E...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Kurobe H,Aihara K,Higashida M,Hirata Y,Nishiya M,Matsuoka Y,Kanbara T,Nakayama T,Kinoshita H,Sugano M,Fujimoto E,Kurobe A,Sugasawa N,Kitaichi T,Akaike M,Sata M,Matsumoto T,Kitagawa T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To properly assess the guidance for perioperative management, we undertook a clinical epidemiology study with the primary aim of evaluating the incidence of perioperative vascular complications and their associated factors in a cohort of Japanese patients who underwent non-cardiac surgery in a tertiary medical care...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Aoyama-Mani C,Kawachi S,Ogawa Y,Kato N

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We evaluated the impact of adherence to preferable behavior on serum lipid control assessed by a self-reported questionnaire in high-risk patients taking pravastatin for primary prevention of coronary artery disease. METHODS:High-risk patients taking pravastatin were followed for 2 years. Questionnaire surveys com...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Kitagawa Y,Teramoto T,Daida H,APPROACH-J Study group.

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is implicated in the development of coronary atherosclerosis.We sought to investigate the association between the EAT thickness and presence of multivessel disease (MV) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). METHODS:We enrolled 45 consecutive patients with AMI who under...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Fukamachi D,Higuchi Y,Hiro T,Takayama T,Kanai T,Sudo M,Nishida T,Iida K,Saito S,Hirayama A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Homocysteine is associated with increased arterial resistance and eventually causes luminal reduction. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate an association between the plasma concentration of total homocysteine (tHcy) and stenosis or occlusion of the internal carotid artery (ICA) in patients with ischemi...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Jeong SK,Seo JY,Cho YI

更新日期：2010-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Although the InnovaTM self-expanding nitinol stent (Boston Scientific, Marlborough, MA) exhibits acceptable performance in long-term safety and efficacy when used for the treatment of femoropopliteal (FP) lesions, clinical outcomes following its implantation have not been systematically studied in real-world settin...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Tsujimura T,Takahara M,Iida O,Hiramori S,Hayakawa N,Karashima E,Miura T,Teramura M,Ichihashi K,Kojima T,Aihara H,Yamaoka T,Fujihara M,Tosaka A,Doijiri T,Mano T,Soga Y

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tried to investigate whether accumulation of visceral fat assessed by a simple but widely used ultrasonography was associated with common carotid atherosclerosis in women. The subjects were consecutively admitted in-patients whose body mass index was more than 22 kg/m2. Those with cardiorenal or nutritional disorde...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Kawamoto R,Kajiwara T,Oka Y,Takagi Y

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the human liver comprises approximately 2.8% of the body weight, it plays a central role in the control of energy metabolism. While the biochemistry of energy substrates such as glucose, fatty acids, and ketone bodies in the liver is well understood, many aspects of the overall control system for hepatic meta...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Yahagi N

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress induced by reactive oxygen species (ROS) plays an important role in atherogenesis, and the redox state is determined by the balance between antioxidants and the ROS generating system. To defend against enhanced ROS, mammalian cells have a complex network of antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismu...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Kobayashi S,Inoue N,Azumi H,Seno T,Hirata K,Kawashima S,Hayashi Y,Itoh H,Yokozaki H,Yokoyama M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood lipid levels are highly heritable and modifiable risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD), and are the leading cause of death worldwide. These facts have motivated human genetic association studies that have the substantial potential to define the risk factors that are causal and to identify pathways and t...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Tada H,Kawashiri MA,Konno T,Yamagishi M,Hayashi K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparin cofactor II (HCII) specifically inhibits thrombin action at the site of vascular wall injury. We encountered a congenital HCII deficiency patient with advanced multiple atherosclerotic lesions. This patient led us to conduct clinical studies to examine the role of HCII against atherosclerosis. We found that th...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Aihara K,Azuma H,Akaike M,Sata M,Matsumoto T

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:In animals, dietary energy restriction is reported to increase longevity, whereas in humans, all cohort studies from Western countries have not shown an association between the low energy intake and longevity. We examined the association between total energy intake and longevity in Japan where dietary pattern is di...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Nagai M,Ohkubo T,Miura K,Fujiyoshi A,Okuda N,Hayakawa T,Yoshita K,Arai Y,Nakagawa H,Nakamura K,Miyagawa N,Takashima N,Kadota A,Murakami Y,Nakamura Y,Abbott RD,Okamura T,Okayama A,Ueshima H,NIPPON DATA80 Research Gro

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Clinical studies have suggested that renin-angiotensin inhibitors are effective for the prevention of atherosclerosis progression, but the results for the regression of established lesions are equivocal. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of different doses of the angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) ca...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Hayashi K,Sasamura H,Azegami T,Itoh H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation and oxidative stress play key roles in atherosclerotic plaque instability, and plaque rupture/erosion and subsequent thrombus formation constitute the principal mechanisms of total vessel occlusion and acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Plaque disruption triggers the formation of initial pl...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Yunoki K,Naruko T,Sugioka K,Inaba M,Itoh A,Haze K,Yoshiyama M,Ueda M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Paraoxonase-1 (PON1) is an antioxidant enzyme located in high density lipoprotein (HDL). PON1 was defined as a protective factor against atherosclerosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible relationship between serum paraoxonase (PONase), homocysteine thiolactonase (HTase) activities and PON1 Q192...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Bayrak A,Bayrak T,Tokgözoglu SL,Volkan-Salanci B,Deniz A,Yavuz B,Alikasifoglu M,Demirpençe E

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Renal dysfunction is a major public health problem, but there have been few investigations of the relationship between serum high molecular weight (HMW) adiponectin and renal function in Japanese community-dwelling adults. METHODS:We randomly recruited a sample of 1,849 adult Japanese (793 men aged 60 ± 14 (mean ...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Kawamoto R,Tabara Y,Kohara K,Miki T,Abe M,Kusunoki T,Katoh T,Ohtsuka N

更新日期：2010-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:There are few data regarding associations between sleep duration and subclinical atherosclerosis in Japan. The aim of this study was to evaluate associations of self-reported sleep duration with calcification in the coronary arteries (CAC) and carotid intima media thickness (IMT) in Japanese men. METHODS:This was ...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Suzuki S,Arima H,Miyazaki S,Fujiyoshi A,Kadota A,Takashima N,Hisamatsu T,Kadowaki S,Zaid M,Torii S,Horie M,Murata K,Miura K,Ueshima H,SESSA Research Group.

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the effects of exercise training on total and high molecular weight (HMW) adiponectin and adiponectin oligomeric distribution. METHODS:A randomized parallel-design study (n=53; 40 women and 13 men; age range, 32?65 years) was conducted at a fitness club between April 2006 and July 2007. Participants w...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Ando D,Hosaka Y,Suzuki K,Yamagata Z

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Increasing evidence indicates that antimicrobial peptides, human neutrophil peptide-1, -2, and -3 (HNP1-3) and human antimicrobial peptide LL-37 are involved in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis; however, little is known about their circulating protein levels in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We therefore ...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Zhao H,Yan H,Yamashita S,Li W,Liu C,Chen Y,Zhou P,Chi Y,Wang S,Zhao B,Song L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Recently, a number of studies have shown an increased red blood cell distribution width (RDW) to be a strong and independent predictor of the prognosis of coronary artery disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the underlying mechanisms responsible for the relationship between the RDW and a poor prognosi...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Wang P,Wang Y,Li H,Wu Y,Chen H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) is a critical mechanism for the anti-atherogenic property of HDL. The inhibitory effect of the sulfonylurea agent (SUA) glibenclamide on ATP binding-cassette transporter (ABC) A1 may decrease HDL function but it remains unclear whether it attenuates RCT in vivo. We therefore inve...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Terao Y,Ayaori M,Ogura M,Yakushiji E,Uto-Kondo H,Hisada T,Ozasa H,Takiguchi S,Nakaya K,Sasaki M,Komatsu T,Iizuka M,Horii S,Mochizuki S,Yoshimura M,Ikewaki K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00