Protective role of kallistatin in vascular and organ injury

J Chao, G Bledsoe, L Chao - Hypertension, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
534 Hypertension September 2016 vasodilation is unrelated to the tissue kallikrein–kinin
system. 18 In addition, kallistatin transgenic mice were found to have significantly lower …

Protective role of endogenous kallistatin in vascular injury and senescence by inhibiting oxidative stress and inflammation

J Chao, Y Guo, L Chao - Oxidative Medicine and Cellular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Kallistatin was identified in human plasma as a tissue kallikrein‐binding protein and a serine
proteinase inhibitor. Kallistatin exerts pleiotropic effects on angiogenesis, oxidative stress …

ALASCA: an R package for longitudinal and cross-sectional analysis of multivariate data by ASCA-based methods

AH Jarmund, TS Madssen… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The increasing availability of multivariate data within biomedical research calls for
appropriate statistical methods that can describe and model complex relationships between …

Kallistatin induces breast cancer cell apoptosis and autophagy by modulating Wnt signaling and microRNA synthesis

P Li, Y Guo, G Bledsoe, Z Yang, L Chao… - Experimental cell research, 2016 - Elsevier
Kallistatin is an endogenous protein that regulates differential signaling pathways and
biological functions. Our previous studies showed that kallistatin gene therapy inhibited …

Kallistatin inhibits atherosclerotic inflammation by regulating macrophage polarization

B Li, Z Sheng, C Liu, L Qian, Y Wu, Y Wu, G Ma… - Human gene …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Kallistatin (KS) has been recognized as a plasma protein with anti-inflammatory functions.
Macrophages are the primary inflammatory cells in atherosclerotic plaques. However, it is …

Role of human Kallistatin in glucose and energy homeostasis in mice

L Sandforth, S Brachs, J Reinke, D Willmes… - Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective Kallistatin (KST), also known as SERPIN A4, is a circulating, broadly acting human
plasma protein with pleiotropic properties. Clinical studies in humans revealed reduced KST …

Protection effect of kallistatin on carbon tetrachloride-induced liver fibrosis in rats via antioxidative stress

X Huang, X Wang, Y Lv, L Xu, J Lin, Y Diao - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Prolonged inflammation and oxidative stress are emerging as key causes of pathological
wound healing and the development of liver fibrosis. We have investigated the effects of …

Novel protective role of kallistatin in obesity by limiting adipose tissue low grade inflammation and oxidative stress

G Frühbeck, J Gómez-Ambrosi, A Rodríguez… - Metabolism, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective Kallistatin plays an important role in the inhibition of inflammation, oxidative stress,
fibrosis and angiogenesis. We aimed to determine the impact of kallistatin on obesity and its …

[HTML][HTML] Kallistatin: double-edged role in angiogenesis, apoptosis and oxidative stress

J Chao, P Li, L Chao - Biological chemistry, 2017 - degruyter.com
Kallistatin, via its two structural elements–an active site and a heparin-binding domain–
displays a double-edged function in angiogenesis, apoptosis and oxidative stress. First …

Kallistatin modulates immune cells and confers anti-inflammatory response to protect mice from group A streptococcal infection

SL Lu, CY Tsai, YH Luo, CF Kuo, WC Lin… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Group A streptococcus (GAS) infection may cause severe life-threatening diseases,
including necrotizing fasciitis and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. Despite the …