Effects of bosentan on cellular processes involved in pulmonary arterial hypertension: do they explain the long-term benefit?

abstract：:On theoretical grounds, an apo E receptor defect should be manifested by the accumulation of lipoprotein remnants that are normally cleared by this receptor and cannot be processed by the normal apo B, E receptor (LDL-receptor). Furthermore, the defect should not be selective for a specific apo E phenotype since none ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Davignon J,Dallongeville J,Roederer G,Roy M,Fruchart JC,Kessling AM,Bouthillier D,Lussier-Cacan S

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) has been constantly higher in eastern late settlement regions compared to western early settlements in Finland, unrelated to classical risk factors. In line with this, eastern birthplace was an age-dependent predictor of severe coronary atherosclerosis and pre-hosp...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Tyynelä P,Goebeler S,Ilveskoski E,Mikkelsson J,Perola M,Lehtimäki T,Karhunen PJ

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) are an important food crop worldwide and contribute key nutrients to the diet, including vitamin C, potassium, and dietary fiber. Potatoes and potato components have been shown to have favorable impacts on several measures of cardiometabolic health in animals and humans, including lowering...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： McGill CR,Kurilich AC,Davignon J

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to its varied and variable phenotypes, Andersen-Tawil syndrome (ATS) holds a unique place in the field of channelopathies. Patients with ATS typically present with the triad of periodic paralysis, cardiac arrhythmias, and developmental dysmorphisms. Although penetrance of ATS is high, disease expression and severi...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Donaldson MR,Yoon G,Fu YH,Ptacek LJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After the sequencing of the human genome has been completed, non-invasive imaging studies are needed to assess the function of new genes in living organisms. The evaluation of genetically manipulated animals or new designed biomolecules will require a thorough understanding of physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Haberkorn U,Altmann A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:As individuals age, the prevalence of neurocognitive and mental health disorders increases. Current biomedical treatments do not completely address the management of these conditions. Despite new pharmacological therapy the challenges of managing these diseases remain.There is increasing evidence that the ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Halverson T,Alagiakrishnan K

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Maternal obesity has long-term consequences for the offspring's later health, including an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The underlying mechanisms explaining these associations are, however, not fully understood. METHODS:A total of 2003 individuals from the Helsinki Birth C...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Eriksson JG,Sandboge S,Salonen M,Kajantie E,Osmond C

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent results from controlled trials of adjuvant tamoxifen and oophorectomy in early breast cancer are reviewed. The results of the statistical overview performed by the Early Breast Cancer Trialists Collaborative Group are summarised, and some important questions left open by this overview are discussed. These inclu...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Blomqvist CP,Elomaa I,Rissanen P

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposures of human populations to pesticides and industrial pollutants, and to synthetic chemicals present in foods, beverages, and plastics, have raised concern that these substances can interfere with endogenous sex hormone function. Interference with sex hormone action can, in turn, result in a variety of developme...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Akingbemi BT,Hardy MP

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence that fasting hypertriglyceridaemia identifies individuals who are at increased risk for coronary artery disease. It is probable that this reflects the effects of the smaller triglyceride-bearing lipoproteins. It may also reflect increased levels of postprandial lipoproteins. There is consi...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Steiner G

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symptoms of infection and tissue pathology are caused by the host response; not by the microbe per se. The same response is also critical for the defence and is needed to clear infection. It is therefore essential to understand how the host response is activated and to identify the critical effector mechanisms of the ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Svanborg C,Bergsten G,Fischer H,Frendéus B,Godaly G,Gustafsson E,Hang L,Hedlund M,Karpman D,Lundstedt AC,Samuelsson M,Samuelsson P,Svensson M,Wullt B

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease of the vessel wall, characterized by the accumulation of leukocytes, especially macrophages and T-cells. Chemokines are small heparin-binding polypeptides, whose main function is to attract cells to the areas of developing inflammation. They function by ligating G-protein cou...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Sheikine Y,Hansson GK

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several clinical studies have suggested possible increase in cardiovascular risk during and in the first weeks after an acute inflammatory disease. Using influenza vaccine as inflammatory stimulus, we investigated whether arterial endothelial dysfunction could persist beyond the inflammatory state, and wheth...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Liuba P,Aburawi EH,Pesonen E,Andersson S,Truedsson L,Ylä-Herttuala S,Holmberg L

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoantibodies directed to intracellular antigens can be detected in many systemic rheumatic diseases. In this review, we discuss the clinical significance of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Slögren's syndrome, scleroderma and polymyositis/dermatomyositis, the immunogen...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Hietarinta M,Lassila O

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria provide cells with most of the energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Mitochondria are complex organelles encoded both by nuclear and mtDNA. Only a few mitochondrial components are encoded by mtDNA, most of the mt-proteins are nuclear DNA encoded. Remarkably, the majority of the known mutatio...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Maassen JA,Janssen GM,'t Hart LM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity in males is accompanied by a significant decrease in testosterone levels. This decrease is essentially a consequence of the decrease of the sex hormone binding hormone (SHBG) binding capacity, itself probably the consequence of the increased insulin levels. In moderate obesity, free testosterone levels are nor...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Vermeulen A

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract The limits of traditional anticoagulants, such as heparin and warfarin, have prompted the search for new agents for prophylaxis and treatment of arterial and venous thromboembolism, including factor Xa and thrombin inhibitors. These agents can be given orally, and their most significant advantage is that no l...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Mannucci PM,Franchini M

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolic syndrome, which is very common in the general population, is defined by the clustering of several classic cardiovascular risk factors, such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, high triglycerides and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL). Central obesity and insulin resistance, which are the two un...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Bonora E

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND METHODS:The impact of the rs9939609 FTO variant on cardiovascular events was investigated in the 19-year follow-up of subjects recruited to the OPERA study. RESULTS:A total of 212 cardiovascular disease (CVD) and 152 coronary heart disease (CHD) events or deaths occurred during follow-up. The logistic re...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Äijälä M,Ronkainen J,Huusko T,Malo E,Savolainen ER,Savolainen MJ,Salonurmi T,Bloigu R,Kesäniemi YA,Ukkola O

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human airways are protected from invading micro-organisms by the highly efficient innate immune system. Antimicrobial peptides that are produced by inflammatory cells and airway epithelial cells are key elements in this innate immune system. A major subgroup of the antimicrobial peptides is the family of defensins...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Aarbiou J,Rabe KF,Hiemstra PS

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Commercial nucleic acid amplification tests, designed for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA/RNA in respiratory samples, are often applied also in nonrespiratory specimens in order to verify the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. AIM. To evaluate the value of the Abbott LCx Mycobacterium ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Rantakokko-Jalava K,Marjamäki M,Marttila H,Mäkelä L,Valtonen V,Viljanen MK

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past few years diabetes has become the leading cause of end-stage renal disease in all Western countries. A correlation between blood pressure and rate of progression in diabetic nephropathy was noted very early, and increased local activity of the renin angiotensin system was identified as a major pathophysiol...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Eberhard R,Dikow R

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effects of canrenone compared to placebo on blood pressure control, some non-conventional biomarkers in cardiovascular stratification, and on metalloproteinases in patients affected by metabolic syndrome. METHODS:A total of 156 Caucasian patients were treated with placebo or canrenone, 50 mg once a...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Derosa G,Romano D,Bianchi L,D'Angelo A,Maffioli P

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-three randomly selected plasma samples from apparently healthy, middle aged men were analysed for coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), alpha-tocopherol (AT) and free cholesterol (FC) in: 1) whole plasma, 2) the HDL lipoprotein fraction after LDL precipitation (VLDL + LDL). CoQ10, AT and FC in plasma averaged 0.69 +/- .11, 6.7...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Johansen K,Theorell H,Karlsson J,Diamant B,Folkers K

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is an unmet need for a straightforward and cost-effective assessment of multiple lipoprotein risk factors for vascular diseases. AIMS:1) To study the relation of various lipoprotein lipid and apolipoprotein (apo) measures on the Friedewald inputs, i.e. plasma triglycerides (TG), cholesterol (TC), and ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Niemi J,Mäkinen VP,Heikkonen J,Tenkanen L,Hiltunen Y,Hannuksela ML,Jauhiainen M,Forsblom C,Taskinen MR,Kesäniemi YA,Savolainen MJ,Kaski K,Groop PH,Kovanen PT,Ala-Korpela M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymoma is an unusual tumour, but it is the most common malignancy in the anterior mediastinum. This tumour is unique in its frequent association with paraneoplastic syndrome and its potential for indolent growth. The distinction between thymomas and other tumours which arise in the anterior or superior mediastinum is...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Loehrer PJ Sr

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic beta-cell dysfunction and insulin resistance are two interrelated defects in the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes. Defects in peripheral insulin action precede the development of glucose intolerance, as the pancreas compensates for insulin resistance by increasing insulin production and secretion. This ma...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Sesti G

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scleroderma or systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex disease in which the vasculopathy and the activation of the immune system with production of inflammatory mediators lead to dysregulated fibroblast activation. The resulting excessive deposition of collagens and other extracellular matrix proteins ends in fibrosis a...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Chizzolini C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: The use of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors in hospitalized patients is an area of active research. We aimed to compare the efficacy and the safety of the basal-bolus insulin regimen versus linagliptin-basal insulin in non-critically ill non-cardiac surgery patients in a real-world setting. Methods: We ...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Pérez-Belmonte LM,Osuna-Sánchez J,Millán-Gómez M,López-Carmona MD,Gómez-Doblas JJ,Cobos-Palacios L,Sanz-Cánovas J,Barbancho MA,Lara JP,Jiménez-Navarro M,Bernal-López MR,Gómez-Huelgas R

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Statins are the first-line choice in Lipid-lowering therapy to reduce cardiovascular risk. In a continuous attempt to optimise treatment success, there is a need for additional research on genes and related molecular pathways that can determine the efficacy and toxicity of lipid-lowering drugs. Several variations with...

journal_title：Annals of medicine

authors： Ahangari N,Doosti M,Ghayour Mobarhan M,Sahebkar A,Ferns GA,Pasdar A

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00