Age and age-related diseases: role of inflammation triggers and cytokines

IM Rea, DS Gibson, V McGilligan… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Cytokine dysregulation is believed to play a key role in the remodeling of the immune
system at older age, with evidence pointing to an inability to fine-control systemic …

Endothelial dysfunction and hypertension

D Konukoglu, H Uzun - Hypertension: from basic research to clinical …, 2017 - Springer
In the past, endothelium was thought to be only a mechanical barrier. Today, endothelium is
known to be a tissue regulating vascular tone, cell growth and the interaction between the …

Inflammatory cytokines in atherosclerosis: current therapeutic approaches

D Tousoulis, E Oikonomou, EK Economou… - European heart …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The notion of atherosclerosis as a chronic inflammatory disease has intensified research on
the role of cytokines and the way these molecules act and interact to initiate and sustain …

Regulatory T cells in cardiovascular diseases

X Meng, J Yang, M Dong, K Zhang, E Tu… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Inflammation is essential in the initial development and progression of many cardiovascular
diseases involving innate and adaptive immune responses. The role of CD4+ CD25+ …

Immune cell subset differentiation and tissue inflammation

P Fang, X Li, J Dai, L Cole, JA Camacho… - Journal of hematology & …, 2018 - Springer
Immune cells were traditionally considered as major pro-inflammatory contributors. Recent
advances in molecular immunology prove that immune cell lineages are composed of …

Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species mediate lysophosphatidylcholine-induced endothelial cell activation

X Li, P Fang, Y Li, YM Kuo, AJ Andrews… - … , and vascular biology, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Objective—Hyperlipidemia-induced endothelial cell (EC) activation is considered as an
initial event responsible for monocyte recruitment in atherogenesis. However, it remains …

Inflammatory mechanisms in COVID-19 and atherosclerosis: current pharmaceutical perspectives

M Sagris, P Theofilis, AS Antonopoulos… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been associated with excess mortality worldwide. The …

[HTML][HTML] IL-35 promotes CD4+ Foxp3+ Tregs and inhibits atherosclerosis via maintaining CCR5-amplified Treg-suppressive mechanisms

Y Shao, WY Yang, F Saaoud, C Drummer IV, Y Sun… - JCI insight, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tregs play vital roles in suppressing atherogenesis. Pathological conditions reshape Tregs
and increase Treg-weakening plasticity. It remains unclear how Tregs preserve their function …

Atherosclerosis: orchestrating cells and biomolecules involved in its activation and inhibition

A Munjal, R Khandia - Advances in protein chemistry and structural biology, 2020 - Elsevier
The term atherosclerosis refers to the condition of deposition of lipids and other substances
in and on the artery walls, called as plaque that restricts the normal blood flow. The plaque …

Dysfunctional HDL in diabetes mellitus and its role in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease

RAK Srivastava - Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 2018 - Springer
Coronary artery disease, the leading cause of death in the developed and developing
countries, is prevalent in diabetes mellitus with 68% cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related …