• Atherosclerosis is a chronic vascular inflammatory disease associated to oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction. (hindawi.com)
  • Therefore, with the aim to summarize the current knowledge on the initiation of the atherosclerotic process, in this paper, we review the early markers of atherosclerosis and we address the main therapeutic targets for preventing atheroma formation at its very initial stages focusing on inflammation, oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction, and the interaction between platelets and endothelium. (hindawi.com)
  • Oxidative stress and inflammation in the vascular wall are essential mechanisms of atherosclerosis and vascular dysfunctions associated with risk factors such as metabolic diseases, aging, hypertension, etc. (frontiersin.org)
  • This review article will summarize the most recent findings on the functional roles of arginases in vascular diseases and/or dysfunctions and the underlying mechanisms in relation to oxidative stress and inflammations. (frontiersin.org)
  • Chronic exposure to tobacco smoke and the products of combustion of tobacco leads to chronic system inflammatory reaction, oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction and morpho-functional damage of target organs. (intechopen.com)
  • 2015). Role of oxidative stress-induced systemic and cavernosal molecular alterations in the progression of diabetic erectile dysfunction . (up.pt)
  • As a consequence of exercise-induced hypertension and associated oxidative stress, improvement of endothelial dysfunction occurred after antioxidant supplementation. (duke.edu)
  • It's a particular issue if the LDL particles are small and dense, when HDL is low, and when the endothelium suffers from oxidative stress from smoking or a diet low in plant foods. (embracingnutrition.co.uk)
  • High levels of sugar in your blood can encourage oxidative stress and so damage your endothelium. (embracingnutrition.co.uk)
  • Excessive or prolonged increases in permeability of the endothelium, as in cases of chronic inflammation, may lead to tissue swelling (edema). (wikipedia.org)
  • However, many disease-predisposing factors and/or contributing factors have been identified, including inflammation, endothelial cell dysfunction, aberrant vascular wall cell proliferation and mutations in the bone morphogenetic protein-receptor type 2 ( Bmpr2 ) gene [ 1 - 3 ]. (ersjournals.com)
  • Significantly, the endothelium also links a number of processes including inflammation, growth factors, the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system among others, which may directly or indirectly lead to activation of the coagulation cascade. (bham.ac.uk)
  • When LDL is damaged or oxidised by free radicals, it can cause changes in your immune system, sparking off inflammation which damages your endothelium. (embracingnutrition.co.uk)
  • This method facilitates the identification of markers of vascular activation and provides a molecular framework to understand the contribution of vascular dysfunction to the organ pathology of systemic inflammation. (lu.se)
  • Overall, there was a non-significant trend towards increased endothelium-dependent vasodilation following both acute and chronic FVPD consumption. (cambridge.org)
  • Excluding left-sided heart disease, including diastolic dysfunction, is especially important in these patients because of major treatment implications. (medscape.com)
  • 2017). Vasculogenesis and Diabetic Erectile Dysfunction: How Relevant Is Glycemic Control? . (up.pt)
  • Are all metabolic syndrome components responsible for penile hemodynamics impairment in patients with erectile dysfunction? (up.pt)
  • In this review, we discuss some possibilities of using different toxins, especially those from arachnid venoms, which have shown some potential application in diseases involving pain, hypertension, epilepsy and erectile dysfunction. (scielo.br)
  • Dr. Joel Kahn discusses the connection between heart disease and erectile dysfunction. (foodrevolution.org)
  • These are all factors that reduce NO and produce erectile dysfunction (ED). Diets emphasizing plant-powered, rainbow-colored foods that are naturally low in fat and rich in vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients, promote arterial health and erectile success. (foodrevolution.org)
  • Erectile dysfunction is a powerful predictor of future coronary artery disease events. (foodrevolution.org)
  • There are an estimated 30 million men in the United States alone with erectile dysfunction. (foodrevolution.org)
  • In 43,000 men who had suffered a first heart attack, the use of any erectile dysfunction drugs was observed to reduce the risk of dying of any cause by 33% during the course of the three-year study. (foodrevolution.org)
  • Endothelial dysfunction, or the loss of proper endothelial function, is a hallmark for vascular diseases, and is often regarded as a key early event in the development of atherosclerosis. (wikipedia.org)
  • Atherosclerosis starts with dysfunctional changes in the endothelium induced by disturbed shear stress which can lead to endothelial and platelet activation, adhesion of monocytes on the activated endothelium, and differentiation into proinflammatory macrophages, which increase the uptake of oxidized LDL (oxLDL) and turn into foam cells, exacerbating the inflammatory signalling. (hindawi.com)
  • Endothelial cell dysfunction is an initial step in atherosclerotic lesion formation and is more likely to occur at arterial curves and branches that are subjected to low shear stress and disturbed blood flow (atherosclerosis prone areas) (7,8). (marksdailyapple.com)
  • Since endothelial dysfunction precedes overt atherosclerosis, investigating the ability of drugs to activate cytoprotective signalling pathways that prevent or reverse endothelial dysfunction is an attractive research strategy. (bmj.com)
  • Reciprocal relationships between endothelial dysfunction and insulin resistance may help couple hemodynamic and metabolic abnormalities observed in important interrelated public health problems, including diabetes, obesity, hypertension, coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis, and the metabolic syndrome ( 3 , 4 ). (diabetesjournals.org)
  • Damage to the endothelium is known as endothelial dysfunction and it's believed to be a forerunner of atherosclerosis. (embracingnutrition.co.uk)
  • Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive disease characterized by lung endothelial cell dysfunction and vascular remodeling. (surrey.ac.uk)
  • These mechanical stimuli activate signaling pathways leading to a dysfunctional endothelium lining that is barrier compromised, prothrombotic, and proinflammatory. (marksdailyapple.com)
  • These responses were preserved when HUVECs were pretreated with tumour necrosis factor-α to mimic dysfunctional endothelium. (bmj.com)
  • Dysfunctional endothelium leads to increased permeability to lipoproteins and up-regulation of leukocyte and endothelial adhesion molecules. (medscape.com)
  • A number of viral species, such as dengue, ebola and cytomegalovirus can infect endothelial cells (ECs) and cause endothelial dysfunction [ 5 ]. (nature.com)
  • CONCLUSIONS There is evidence of persisting abnormal vascular wall morphology and vascular dysfunction at the site of regressed coronary aneurysms in patients with previous Kawasaki disease. (bmj.com)
  • This is a disease in which the coronary artery shows no sign of narrowing or plaque in radiographs, but has damage to the endothelium that coats the inside of the blood vessels. (ki.se)
  • Scholars@Duke publication: Exercise-induced hypertension, endothelial dysfunction, and coronary artery disease in a marathon runner. (duke.edu)
  • Acute Chlamydia pneumoniae infection causes coronary endothelial dysfunction in pigs. (lu.se)
  • Dive into the research topics of 'Acute Chlamydia pneumoniae infection causes coronary endothelial dysfunction in pigs. (lu.se)
  • Several mechanisms have been proposed to underlie the relationship between miscarriage and coronary heart disease, including immune disorders, chronic disease and dysfunction of the endothelium (cells that line the interior of blood vessels). (news-medical.net)
  • Patients with PH exhibited higher circulating levels of microparticles compared to control subjects and in vitro or in vivo generated microparticles can induce endothelial dysfunction, interfere with coagulation pathways or modulate inflammatory phenomenon. (ersjournals.com)
  • Vascular endothelium actively participates in inflammatory reactions in the majority of chronic respiratory diseases. (intechopen.com)
  • We hypothesised that MTX specifically protects the vascular endothelium against inflammatory injury via induction of AMPK-regulated protective genes. (bmj.com)
  • This is called atheromatosis, an inflammatory arterial change that leads to dysfunction of the endothelium and the deposition of lipids or fats in the artery walls. (news-medical.net)
  • Vascular dysfunction is a hallmark of systemic inflammatory responses such as bacterial sepsis. (lu.se)
  • Other genes associated with essential hypertension are important for the normal function of the lining of blood vessels (the vascular endothelium ). (medlineplus.gov)
  • Treatment of SHRs with rosiglitazone (insulin sensitizer) and/or enalapril (ACE inhibitor) may simultaneously improve hypertension, insulin resistance, and endothelial dysfunction by rebalancing insulin-stimulated production of vasoactive mediators. (diabetesjournals.org)
  • The endothelium appears to be damaged both by AF and various other vascular diseases (e.g. hypertension) that frequently co-exist with the arrhythmia, with similar disruption to endothelial repair (normally effected by endothelial progenitor cells). (bham.ac.uk)
  • Equally important, the echocardiogram helps to exclude secondary causes of, or contributors to, pulmonary hypertension, such as left-sided heart disease (eg, left ventricular dysfunction, valvular heart disease). (medscape.com)
  • Potential causes of endothelial dysfunction include sheer stress related to hypertension, oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LDL), homocysteine, and smoking. (medscape.com)
  • Previous studies in our laboratory have shown that pulmonary nanoparticle exposure causes peripheral microvascular dysfunction. (cdc.gov)
  • The purpose of this study was to determine if neurological mechanisms and/ or circulating leukocytes play a fundamental role between pulmonary exposure and peripheral microvascular dysfunction. (cdc.gov)
  • Microvascular dysfunction, or small vessel disease, can be an important cause of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (preserved pumping capacity), an international team including researchers from Karolinska Institutet and AstraZeneca report in a study published in The European Heart Journal . (ki.se)
  • The results of the study, which is the first of its kind, show that 75 per cent of the patients had what is known as microvascular dysfunction. (ki.se)
  • The researchers therefore draw the conclusion that microvascular dysfunction can be a critical underlying disease mechanism in patients with heart failure in which the ejection fraction is preserved. (ki.se)
  • This dysfunction is characterized by impaired endothelium-dependent arteriolar dilation and venular leukocyte adhesion. (cdc.gov)
  • Smoking is a major risk factor for bronchopulmonary diseases, and it plays an important role in endothelial dysfunction development. (intechopen.com)
  • Cerebral endothelial dysfunction is mentioned in the pathophysiology of several neurological diseases. (hindawi.com)
  • Red/near infrared light stimulates release of an endothelium dependent vasodilator and rescues vascular dysfunction in a diabetes model. (mcw.edu)
  • Endothelium-Independent Relaxation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Induced by Persimmon-Derived Polyphenol Phytocomplex in Rats. (go.jp)
  • In the thoracic aorta of OLETF rats, endothelium-dependent relaxation was markedly attenuated compared with that of control (LETO) rats in association with a significant increase in superoxide production (2,421.39 ± 407.01 nmol · min −1 · mg −1 ). (diabetesjournals.org)
  • Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) exhibit endothelial dysfunction and insulin resistance. (diabetesjournals.org)
  • Studying the mechanisms of endothelial dysfunction in brain blood vessels of patients with smoking habits and COPD can be very important for preventing acute vascular events. (intechopen.com)
  • This chapter describes endothelium-related and neuro-mediated mechanisms of emphysema development in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and smoking on the basis of previously completed studies, literature data, and own researches. (intechopen.com)
  • Recently, endothelial dysfunction (ED) has been demonstrated in these patients, but the mechanisms remain elusive. (mdpi.com)
  • The endothelium is a key player in COVID-19 pathophysiology and it is an important target for cytokines. (bvsalud.org)
  • SARS-CoV-2 infection primarily affects the pulmonary system, but accumulating evidence suggests that it also affects the pan-vasculature in the extrapulmonary systems by directly (via virus infection) or indirectly (via cytokine storm), causing endothelial dysfunction (endotheliitis, endothelialitis and endotheliopathy) and multi-organ injury. (nature.com)
  • Studies using these samples found associations between fatal outcomes and elevated liver enzyme levels, renal dysfunction, cytokine dysregulation, and genetic factors. (cdc.gov)
  • The purpose of this review is to provide a latest summary of biomarkers associated with endothelial cell activation in COVID-19 and offer mechanistic insights into the molecular basis of endothelial activation/dysfunction in macro- and micro-vasculature of COVID-19 patients. (nature.com)
  • The increase of FFAs induces mitochondrial dysfunction and development of lipotoxicity. (mdpi.com)
  • Serum from individuals with COVID-19 increased oxidant species, as indicated by higher DHE (dihydroethydine) oxidation, increased protein carbonylation, and induced mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and dysfunction. (bvsalud.org)
  • In conclusion, the endothelium seems to be a central link through which all three components of Virchow's triad interact in AF. (bham.ac.uk)
  • This new research from Oystein Fluge, Olav Mella et al in Norway provides further support for the role of endothelial dysfunction in ME/CFS - and possibly in Long Covid as well. (meassociation.org.uk)
  • Therefore, we investigated the effects of patients' sera on endothelia cells (ECs) in vitro. (mdpi.com)
  • We envisage further development of cellular models and suitable animal models mimicking endothelial dysfunction aspect of COVID-19 being able to accelerate the discovery of new drugs targeting endothelial dysfunction in pan-vasculature from COVID-19 patients. (nature.com)
  • We'll be discussing endotheliopathy and platelet dysfunction in Lassa fever. (cdc.gov)
  • Sarah Gregory] Endotheliopathy and platelet dysfunction are outcomes of Lassa fever. (cdc.gov)
  • Sarah Gregory] Explain to us what endotheliopathy and platelet dysfunction is. (cdc.gov)
  • And when these functions are disrupted, you get a disease of the endothelium, and that's what we call endotheliopathy. (cdc.gov)