The good, the bad, and the ugly with alcohol use and abuse on the heart

RK Walker, VM Cousins, NA Umoh… - Alcoholism: Clinical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Since its advent, alcohol has been utilized throughout history socially, for rituals, worship,
and for its therapeutic, antibacterial, and analgesic properties. In moderation, alcohol …

Alcohol and cardiovascular disease—modulation of vascular cell function

PA Cahill, EM Redmond - Nutrients, 2012 - mdpi.com
Alcohol is a commonly used drug worldwide. Epidemiological studies have identified
alcohol consumption as a factor that may either positively or negatively influence many …

Cyclic AMP-dependent phosphorylation of neuronal nitric oxide synthase mediates penile erection

KJ Hurt, SF Sezen, GF Lagoda… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Nitric oxide (NO) generated by neuronal NO synthase (nNOS) initiates penile erection, but
has not been thought to participate in the sustained erection required for normal sexual …

HSP90 modulates T2R bitter taste receptor nitric oxide production and innate immune responses in human airway epithelial cells and macrophages

RM Carey, BM Hariri, ND Adappa, JN Palmer, RJ Lee - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bitter taste receptors (T2Rs) are G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) expressed in various
cell types including ciliated airway epithelial cells and macrophages. T2Rs in these two …

Notch1 mediates preconditioning protection induced by GPER in normotensive and hypertensive female rat hearts

C Rocca, S Femminò, G Aquila, MC Granieri… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER) is an estrogen receptor expressed in the
cardiovascular system. G1, a selective GPER ligand, exerts cardiovascular effects through …

Additive renoprotection by pioglitazone and fenofibrate against inflammatory, oxidative and apoptotic manifestations of cisplatin nephrotoxicity: modulation by PPARs

MM Helmy, MW Helmy, MM El-Mas - PLoS One, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Nephrotoxicity is a major side effect for the antineoplastic drug cisplatin. Here, we employed
pharmacological, biochemical, and molecular studies to investigate the role of peroxisome …

Role of alcohol oxidative metabolism in its cardiovascular and autonomic effects

MM El-Mas, AA Abdel-Rahman - … to Human Health and Precision Medicine, 2019 - Springer
Several review articles have been published on the neurobehavioral actions of
acetaldehyde and other ethanol metabolites as well as in major alcohol-related disorders …

High-carbohydrate diet enhanced the anticontractile effect of perivascular adipose tissue through activation of renin-angiotensin system

DEF Reis Costa, ALM Silveira, GP Campos… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) is an active endocrine organ responsible for release
several substances that influence on vascular tone. Increasing evidence suggest that …

Role of the macula densa sodium glucose cotransporter type 1-neuronal nitric oxide synthase-tubuloglomerular feedback pathway in diabetic hyperfiltration

J Zhang, J Cai, Y Cui, S Jiang, J Wei, YC Kim, J Chan… - Kidney international, 2022 - Elsevier
An increase of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is a common observation in early diabetes
and is considered a key risk factor for subsequent kidney injury. However, the mechanisms …

Effects of Akt Activator SC79 on Human M0 Macrophage Phagocytosis and Cytokine Production

RJ Lee, ND Adappa, JN Palmer - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
Akt is an important kinase in metabolism. Akt also phosphorylates and activates endothelial
and neuronal nitric oxide (NO) synthases (eNOS and nNOS, respectively) expressed in M0 …