Relationship between Metabolic Syndrome Components and Periodontal Disease in a Japanese General Population: the Suita Study.

abstract：AIM:To develop and validate a new risk prediction model for predicting the 10-year risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in Japanese adults. METHODS:A total of 2,454 participants aged 40-84 years without a history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) were prospectively followed up for 24 years. An incident...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Honda T,Chen S,Hata J,Yoshida D,Hirakawa Y,Furuta Y,Shibata M,Sakata S,Kitazono T,Ninomiya T

更新日期：2021-01-22 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：:Zetia (ezetimibe) is a selective cholesterol absorption inhibitor, which potently inhibits the absorption of biliary and dietary cholesterol from the small intestine without affecting the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins, triglycerides or bile acids. Ezetimibe reduces the small intestinal enterocyte uptake and absor...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Davis HR,Veltri EP

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：AIM:Existing evidence suggests that endothelial lipase (EL) plays an important role in high-densitylipoprotein (HDL) metabolism. Because rabbits are a useful animal model for the study of human lipid metabolism and atherosclerosis, we characterized rabbit EL (rEL) expression and investigated its relationship with plasm...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Zhang J,Yu Y,Nakamura K,Koike T,Waqar AB,Zhang X,Liu E,Nishijima K,Kitajima S,Shiomi M,Qi Z,Yu J,Graham MJ,Crooke RM,Ishida T,Hirata K,Hurt-Camejo E,Chen YE,Fan J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Lipoprotein lipase protein exists in preheparin serum (preheparin LpL mass), even though lipoprotein lipase activity is rarely detected. Recent clinical studies have clarified that low preheparin LpL mass concentration is an important coronary risk factor. The aim of this study was to clarify the effect of telmisar...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Hitsumoto T,Takahashi M,Iizuka T,Shirai K

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Heterozygous patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) are known to be associated with a high risk of coronary artery disease (CAD), which is a major determinant of their clinical outcome. The prognosis of heterozygous FH patients substantially varies, being dependent on the level of their CAD risk, and thei...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Sugisawa T,Okamura T,Makino H,Watanabe M,Kishimoto I,Miyamoto Y,Iwamoto N,Yamamoto A,Yokoyama S,Harada-Shiba M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Studies have suggested that genetic and environmental factors do not account for all risks and mechanisms of intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (ICAS). DNA methylation may play a role in the progression of ICAS. METHODS:DNA methylation profiles of peripheral blood leucocytes from 7 patients with early-onset ICA...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： He XW,Zhao Y,Shi YH,Zhao R,Liu YS,Hu Y,Zhuang MT,Wu YL,Li GF,Yin JW,Cui GH,Liu JR

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The signaling and functions of the Endothelial Differentiation Gene (EDG) family of G protein-coupled receptors have been extensively elucidated. All the members of EDG family were shown to be receptors for lysosphingolipids or lysophospholipids. EDG-1, the prototype of EDG family receptors, is a high affinity recepto...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Ozaki H,Hla T,Lee MJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism affect the cardiovascular system. Hypothyroidism is known to be associated with enhanced atherosclerosis and ischemic heart diseases. The accelerated atherosclerosis in the hypothyroid state has been traditionally ascribed to atherogenic lipid profile, diastolic hypertension, an...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Ichiki T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:In addition to the risk of progression to end-stage renal disease (ESRD), chronic kidney disease (CKD) is also known to be associated with an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Statins may improve renal function in CKD patients. METHODS:The database of the LIVALO Effectiveness and Safety (LIVES) Study,...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Kimura K,Shimano H,Yokote K,Urashima M,Teramoto T

更新日期：2010-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:In Japan, heart disease and cerebral ischemic disease are major causes of death. A decrease in the level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) through intensive treatment with statins positively correlates with a reduction in the volume of plaques in patients with cardiovascular disease. The METEOR trial, ...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Kurabayashi M,Sakuma I,Kawamori R,Daida H,Yamazaki T,Yoshida M,Hata M,Masuda I,Kaku K,Yokoi H,Kishimoto J,Nohara R

更新日期：2010-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Although abdominal obesity or visceral obesity is considered to be one of the components of metabolic syndrome and to have an important role in a cluster of cardiovascular risks, there is no consensus about the definition and diagnostic criteria for this syndrome, probably because there is considerable disagreement ab...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Matsuzawa Y,Funahashi T,Nakamura T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertriglyceridemia is often associated with small dense low density lipoprotein (LDL), elevated remnants, and decreased high density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol (C), which comprise the dyslipidemic triad. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of fenofibrate on the lipoprotein subfraction profil...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Ikewaki K,Tohyama J,Nakata Y,Wakikawa T,Kido T,Mochizuki S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study atherosclerosis risk in diabetes, we investigated ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) expression and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) biogenesis in the liver and hepatocytes under hyperglycemic conditions. METHODS AND RESULTS:In streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice, plasma HDL decreased while ABCA1 ...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Tsujita M,Hossain MA,Lu R,Tsuboi T,Okumura-Noji K,Yokoyama S

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The levels of lipids, especially triglycerides (TG), and obesity are associated with diabetes mellitus (DM). Although typically measured in fasting individuals, non-fasting lipid measurements play an important role in predicting future DM. This study compared the predictive efficacy of lipid variables according to ...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Fujihara K,Sugawara A,Heianza Y,Sairenchi T,Irie F,Iso H,Doi M,Shimano H,Watanabe H,Sone H,Ota H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Was to evaluate the role of seven matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) polymorphisms in the genetic susceptibility to develop myocardial infarction in Mexican individuals. METHODS:Seven polymorphisms in the MMP genes were genotyped by 5' exonuclease TaqMan genotyping assays in 300 patients with myocardial infarction and...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Pérez-Hernández N,Vargas-Alarcón G,Martínez-Rodríguez N,Martínez-Ríos MA,Peña-Duque MA,Peña-Díaz Ade L,Valente-Acosta B,Posadas-Romero C,Medina A,Rodríguez-Pérez JM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

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：:To determine the recent serum lipid levels and other serum variables in the general Japanese population and trends in their changes over the past 40 years, a nationwide survey of serum lipid levels was conducted in 36 institutes from various districts around Japan in 2000. The total number of subjects was 12,839, aged...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Arai H,Yamamoto A,Matsuzawa Y,Saito Y,Yamada N,Oikawa S,Mabuchi H,Teramoto T,Sasaki J,Nakaya N,Itakura H,Ishikawa Y,Ouchi Y,Horibe H,Kita T

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between insulin resistance, sex hormones and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) in regard to the serum lipid and lipoprotein profiles of 82 Japanese postmenopausal women. A multiple regression analysis for lipids, lipoproteins, and apoproteins as de...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Kumagai S,Kai Y,Sasaki H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of LIVALO tablets (pitavastatin) in Japanese male children with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). METHODS:A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, parallel study was conducted in 14 male children 10-15 years of age with heterozygous F...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Harada-Shiba M,Arisaka O,Ohtake A,Okada T,Suganami H,NK-104-PH 01 study registration group.

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Perilipin and adipophilin, PAT family proteins, play important roles in lipid metabolism. Although nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is initiated by hepatocyte lipidation, little is known about the relationship between these proteins and hepatocellular injury. We investigated the expressions of perilipin an...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Fujii H,Ikura Y,Arimoto J,Sugioka K,Iezzoni JC,Park SH,Naruko T,Itabe H,Kawada N,Caldwell SH,Ueda M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Although distal embolization during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) deteriorates cardiac function, whether distal protection (DP) can improve prognosis is still controversial. We investigated whether a filter-type DP device, Filtrap®, could improve long-term outcomes a...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Teramoto R,Sakata K,Miwa K,Matsubara T,Yasuda T,Inoue M,Okada H,Kanaya H,Kawashiri MA,Yamagishi M,Hayashi K

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose was to determine whether lipid peroxides are elevated in the plasma of patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes with multiple lacunar infarcts as detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and to confirm whether peroxide levels correlate with glycemic controls and blood lipid levels. The level of li...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Fujiwara Y,Nishihara H,Nakakoshi T,Hasegawa T,Tagami S,Kawakami Y

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:Statins are the main treatment for hypercholesterolemia and the cornerstone of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease prevention. Many patients taking statins report muscle-related symptoms, one of the most important causes of statin treatment discontinuation, which is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascul...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Alonso R,Cuevas A,Cafferata A

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：: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：AIM:Although current guidelines recommend surgical revascularization as the first-line therapy for chronic total occlusion of the abdominal aorta (Leriche syndrome), endovascular therapy (EVT) has been increasingly utilized because of the development of new technologies and techniques. EVT has demonstrated durable midt...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Nanto K,Iida O,Fujihara M,Yokoi Y,Tomoi Y,Soga Y,Fujita M,Masuda M,Okamoto S,Ishihara T,Kanda T,Tsujimura T,Matsuda Y,Okuno S,Mano T

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated resting heart rate (HR) is associated with hypertension in addition to or similar to increased incidence of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Subjects with high HR exhibit the characteristic features of insulin resistance syndrome. Sympathetic overactivity underlies this clinical condition. However, the...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Hasegawa T,Watase H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00