[HTML][HTML] ROS systems are a new integrated network for sensing homeostasis and alarming stresses in organelle metabolic processes

Y Sun, Y Lu, J Saredy, X Wang, C Drummer IV, Y Shao… - Redox biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are critical for the progression of cardiovascular diseases,
inflammations and tumors. However, the mechanisms of how ROS sense metabolic stress …

Vascular endothelial cells and innate immunity

Y Shao, J Saredy, WY Yang, Y Sun, Y Lu… - … , and vascular biology, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
In addition to the roles of endothelial cells (ECs) in physiological processes, ECs actively
participate in both innate and adaptive immune responses. We previously reported that, in …

Circular RNAs are a novel type of non-coding RNAs in ROS regulation, cardiovascular metabolic inflammations and cancers

F Saaoud, CD IV, Y Shao, Y Sun, Y Lu, K Xu… - Pharmacology & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a novel class of endogenous non-coding RNAs characterized
by a covalently closed-loop structure generated through a special type of alternative splicing …

Trained immunity and reactivity of macrophages and endothelial cells

C Drummer IV, F Saaoud, Y Shao, Y Sun… - … and Vascular Biology, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Innate immune cells can develop exacerbated immunologic response and long-term
inflammatory phenotype following brief exposure to endogenous or exogenous insults …

[HTML][HTML] Caspase-11 promotes high-fat diet-induced NAFLD by increasing glycolysis, OXPHOS, and pyroptosis in macrophages

C Drummer IV, F Saaoud, NC Jhala, R Cueto… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has a global prevalence of 25% of the
population and is a leading cause of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. NAFLD ranges …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advancements in antifibrotic therapies for regression of liver fibrosis

A Jangra, A Kothari, P Sarma, B Medhi, BJ Omar… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cirrhosis is a severe form of liver fibrosis that results in the irreversible replacement of liver
tissue with scar tissue in the liver. Environmental toxicity, infections, metabolic causes, or …

Resistin: Potential biomarker and therapeutic target in atherosclerosis

L Zhou, JY Li, PP He, XH Yu, CK Tang - Clinica chimica acta, 2021 - Elsevier
Resistin, a cysteine-rich secretory protein, has a pleiotropic role in humans. Resistin usually
presents as trimer or hexamer in plasma, and targets specific receptors Toll Like Receptor 4 …

[HTML][HTML] microRNAs in human adipose tissue physiology and dysfunction

A Kurylowicz - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent years, there has been a large amount of evidence on the role of microRNA
(miRNA) in regulating adipose tissue physiology. Indeed, miRNAs control critical steps in …

Astragaloside IV alleviates Schwann cell injury in diabetic peripheral neuropathy by regulating microRNA-155-mediated autophagy

Y Yin, H Qu, Q Yang, Z Fang, R Gao - Phytomedicine, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background MicroRNA-155 (miR-155) is closely associated with diabetic peripheral
neuropathy (DPN). Astragaloside IV (AST) is a significant extract of Astragalus …

[HTML][HTML] Obesity, insulin resistance, and colorectal cancer: could miRNA dysregulation play a role?

F Cirillo, C Catellani, C Sartori, P Lazzeroni… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Obesity is associated with insulin resistance and low-grade inflammation. Insulin resistance
is a risk factor for cancer. A recent chapter in epigenetics is represented by microRNAs …