The emerging scenario of the gut–brain axis: the therapeutic actions of the new actor kefir against neurodegenerative diseases

TMC Pereira, LZ Côco, AMM Ton, SS Meyrelles… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The fact that millions of people worldwide suffer from Alzheimer's disease (AD) or
Parkinson's disease (PD), the two most prevalent neurodegenerative diseases (NDs), has …

Current concepts on the reno-protective effects of phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors in acute kidney injury: systematic search and review

G Georgiadis, IE Zisis, AO Docea, K Tsarouhas… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with increased morbidity, prolonged hospitalization,
and mortality, especially in high risk patients. Phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors (PDE5Is) …

Chronic administration of the probiotic kefir improves the endothelial function in spontaneously hypertensive rats

AGF Friques, CM Arpini, IC Kalil, AL Gava… - Journal of Translational …, 2015 - Springer
Background The beverage obtained by fermentation of milk with kefir grains, a complex
matrix containing acid bacteria and yeasts, has been shown to have beneficial effects in …

Downregulation of circulating MOTS-c levels in patients with coronary endothelial dysfunction

Q Qin, S Delrio, J Wan, RJ Widmer, P Cohen… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background MOTS-c is one of the newly identified mitochondrial-derived peptides which
play a role in regulating metabolic homeostasis. The current study aimed to investigate …

The mitochondrial-derived peptide MOTS-c attenuates oxidative stress injury and the inflammatory response of H9c2 cells through the Nrf2/ARE and NF-κB pathways

C Shen, J Wang, M Feng, J Peng, X Du, H Chu… - Cardiovascular …, 2022 - Springer
Aim Oxidative stress and the inflammatory response contribute to the progression of
cardiovascular disease. The present study aimed to investigate whether the mitochondrial …

Endothelial damage and dysfunction in acute graft-versus-host disease

S Cordes, Z Mokhtari, M Bartosova, S Mertlitz… - …, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Clinical studies have suggested a potential involvement of endothelial dysfunction and
damage in the development and severity of acute graft-versus-host disease (aGvHD) …

Antioxidant and antihypertensive responses to oral nitrite involves activation of the Nrf2 pathway

JH Amaral, ES Rizzi, R Alves-Lopes… - Free Radical Biology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Impaired redox balance contributes to the cardiovascular alterations of hypertension and
activation of nuclear factor erythroid 2–related factor 2 (Nrf2) pathway may counteract these …

Antihypertensive drugs and male sexual dysfunction: a review of adult hypertension guideline recommendations

KAJ Al Khaja, RP Sequeira… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Published clinical practice guidelines have addressed antihypertensive
therapy and sexual dysfunction (SD) in many different ways. Objective: In this systematic …

Coadjuvants in the diabetic complications: nutraceuticals and drugs with pleiotropic effects

TMC Pereira, FS Pimenta, ML Porto, MP Baldo… - International Journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Because diabetes mellitus (DM) is a multifactorial metabolic disease, its prevention and
treatment has been a constant challenge for basic and clinical investigators focused on …

TNF-α inhibition decreases MMP-2 activity, reactive oxygen species formation and improves hypertensive vascular hypertrophy independent of its effects on blood …

BR Mattos, GF Bonacio, TR Vitorino, VT Garcia… - Biochemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Systemic arterial hypertension is a public health problem associated with an increased risk
of cardiovascular disease. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) are endopeptidases that …