Endothelial dysfunction in COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies using different functional assessment methods

MP Theodorakopoulou, ME Alexandrou… - ERJ Open …, 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Background Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in COPD.
Endothelial dysfunction is suggested to be one of the pathogenetic mechanisms involved …

Vascular endothelial damage in COPD: current functional assessment methods and future perspectives

MP Theodorakopoulou, DR Bakaloudi… - Expert Review of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death in chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD), but the relationship between these two entities is not fully …

Arterial blood pressure features of hypertensive patients with typical and atypical 460 nm skin fluorescence response to transient ischaemia

R Pawlak-Chomicka, P Uruski, T Krauze… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Flow-mediated skin fluorescence (FMSF) at 460 nm is a non-invasive method for assessing
dynamic changes in the reduced form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) and …

Investigating the ischaemic PHASE of skin NADH fluorescence dynamics in recently diagnosed primary hypertension: A time series analysis

R Pawlak-Chomicka, W Chomicki, T Krauze… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The reduced form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) is crucial in cellular
metabolism. During hypoxia, NADH accumulation results from anaerobic cytoplasmic …

Assessment of microvascular function and pharmacological regulation in genetically confirmed familial hypercholesterolemia

M Pajkowski, M Dudziak, K Chlebus, M Hellmann - Microvascular research, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic lipid disorder leading to
accelerated atherosclerosis, premature cardiovascular disease and death. Microvascular …

Assessment of microcirculatory status based on stimulation of myogenic oscillations by transient ischemia: from health to disease

J Gebicki, A Marcinek, J Zielinski - Vascular health and risk …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The skin is the largest organ of the human body, characterized by exceptional metabolism.
The epidermal layer of the skin is not directly vascularized, and oxygen and nutrients are …

Flow-mediated skin fluorescence (FMSF) technique for studying vascular complications in type 2 diabetes

J Katarzynska, A Borkowska, A Los… - Journal of Diabetes …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Figure 1. Comparison of HRindex for DM2 subgroups without CVD (A) and with evident CVD
(B) vs control group. The presence of microvascular complications was diagnosed in 25 …

The effect of antihypertensive drugs on NADH in newly diagnosed primary hypertension

R Pawlak-Chomicka, T Krauze, P Uruski… - Cardiology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Some antihypertensive medications alter cellular energy production,
presumably by modification of the mitochondrial function. In vivo studies of such effects are …

Follow-up assessment of the microvascular function in patients with long COVID

M Romanowska-Kocejko, A Braczko… - Microvascular …, 2025 - Elsevier
Long COVID is a complex pathophysiological condition. However, accumulating data
suggests that COVID-19 is a systemic microvascular endothelial dysfunction with different …

Fluorescence Spectroscopy With Temperature Functional Tests in the Assessment of Markers of Intracellular Energy Metabolism: Spatial Heterogeneity and …

E Ryzhkova, T Morgunova, E Potapova… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The fluorescence intensities of the cellular respiratory cofactors NADH (reduced
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) and FAD++ (oxidized flavin adenine dinucleotide) reflect …