N-acetylcysteine and atherosclerosis: promises and challenges

Y Cui, Q Zhu, H Hao, GC Flaker, Z Liu - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Atherosclerosis remains a leading cause of cardiovascular diseases. Although the
mechanism for atherosclerosis is complex and has not been fully understood, inflammation …

Association of vitamin A and its organic compounds with stroke–a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Farashi, S Shahidi, A Sarihi, M Zarei - Nutritional Neuroscience, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose The main purpose of this systematic review was to evaluate the association
between the stroke (risk of stroke and the mortality due to stroke) and vitamin A, its organic …

Gut dysbiosis: a new avenue for stroke prevention and therapeutics

SY Park, SP Lee, D Kim, WJ Kim - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
A stroke is a serious life-threatening condition and a leading cause of death and disability
that happens when the blood vessels to part of the brain are blocked or burst. While major …

Key Phytochemicals and Biological Functions of Chuanxiong Rhizoma Against Ischemic Stroke: A Network Pharmacology and Experimental Assessment

P Zeng, Y Yi, HF Su, CY Ye, YW Sun… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Presently, the treatment options for ischemic stroke (IS) are limited due to the complicated
pathological process of the disease. Chuanxiong Rhizome (CR), also known as …

Impact of vitamin D on the prognosis after spinal cord injury: A systematic review

L Wang, J Gan, J Wu, Y Zhou, D Lei - Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Vitamin D (VitD) insufficiency is a worldwide health problem and affects billions of people.
Spinal cord injury (SCI) patients seem more susceptible to developing suboptimal levels of …

Supplementation with vitamins D3 and a mitigates Parkinsonism in a haloperidol mice model

MU Sirajo, JC Oyem, MI Badamasi - Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Earlier reports suggest that vitamin D3 (Vit D3) supplementation attenuates
Parkinsonism in drug-induced motor deficits. Moreover, the function of Vit D3 may be …

Association of composite dietary antioxidant index with cardiovascular disease in adults: results from 2011 to 2020 NHANES

R Wang, W Tao, X Cheng - Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Oxidative stress is a known pathogenic mechanism in cardiovascular disease
(CVD), yet the association between dietary antioxidants and CVD in the general population …

Blood Th17 cells and IL‐17A as candidate biomarkers estimating the progression of cognitive impairment in stroke patients

T Lu, L Ma, Q Xu, X Wang - Journal of Clinical Laboratory …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background T helper (Th) cells regulate immunity and inflammation to engage in cognitive
impairment in several neurological diseases, while their clinical relevance in stroke patients …

Vitamin D3–VDR and vitamin A‐RAR affect IL‐13 and IFNγ secretion from human CD4+ T cells directly and indirectly via competition for their shared co‐receptor …

T Stanisic, EU Ewing, A Lindell… - Scandinavian …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
The effects of vitamin D and vitamin A in immune cells are mediated through the vitamin D
receptor (VDR) and retinoic acid receptor (RAR), respectively. These receptors share the …

A systematic review and meta‐analysis of the linkage between low vitamin D and the risk as well as the prognosis of stroke

J Xiong, C Zhao, J Li, Y Li - Brain and Behavior, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The research intended to probe the connection between the risk of stroke and
serum vitamin D levels. Methods Three electronic databases (Cochrane Library, EMBASE …