Blood platelets as an important but underrated circulating source of TGFβ

K Karolczak, C Watala - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
When treating diseases related primarily to tissue remodeling and fibrosis, it is desirable to
regulate TGFβ concentration and modulate its biological effects. The highest cellular …

Effects of exenatide on coagulation and platelet aggregation in patients with type 2 diabetes

Y Zhang, R Chen, Y Jia, M Chen… - … Design, Development and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objective To explore the effect of the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist exenatide on
coagulation function and platelet aggregation in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus …

Kitchen ventilation alleviated adverse associations of domestic fuel use and long-duration cooking with platelet indices as biomarkers of cardiovascular diseases

X Hou, Z Mao, X Song, N Kang, C Zhang, R Li… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Abnormal platelet activity is considered as a potential mechanism of
cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) related to household air pollution (HAP). However …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of anti-malarial activity and GC–MS finger printing of cannabis: An in-vivo and in silico approach

CO Nwonuma, FO Atanu, NC Okonkwo, GO Egharevba… - Scientific African, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of an effective and affordable malaria treatment drug is required to reduce
the number of deaths caused by this disease around the world. The in-vivo anti-malarial …

[HTML][HTML] Artemisia plants, arachidonic and other polyunsaturated fatty acids

J Munyangi, P Lutgen - Malariaworld Journal, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Arachidonic acid (AA or ARA) is an extremely important fatty acid involved in cell regulation.
It is a polyunsaturated fatty acid (20: 4n6) covalently bound in esterified form in membrane …

Elevated levels of procoagulant microvesicles and tissue-factor bearing microvesicles in malaria patients

AM Madkhali, AA Mobarki, AH Ghzwani… - … Journal of General …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Procoagulant microvesicles (MVs) are submicron membrane fragments
released from activated cells and cells undergoing apoptosis. The procoagulant activity of …

[HTML][HTML] Gallic acid modulates oxido-inflammatory response in acrylamide-induced hepato-renal toxicity

OO Alejolowo, AO Elias, OS Eseagwu, CO Nwonuma… - Scientific African, 2024 - Elsevier
Dietary and environmental exposure to acrylamide (ACR) has been linked with liver and
kidney illnesses, cardiopulmonary diseases, and neurological problems. Nevertheless …

Functional changes in hemostasis during asexual and sexual parasitemia in a controlled human malaria infection

S Huang, W van der Heijden, IJ Reuling, J Wan, Q Yan… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Decreased platelet count is an early phenomenon in asexual Plasmodium falciparum
parasitemia, but its association with acute or long-term functional changes in platelets and …

Prognostic value of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and platelet indices in cats with feline panleukopenia

KE Yanar - Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 2024 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to ascertain the prognostic significance of the neutrophil to
lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet indices during hospital admission in cats with feline …

Vaccination accelerates liver-intrinsic expression of megakaryocyte-related genes in response to blood-stage malaria

F Wunderlich, D Delic, D Gerovska, MJ Araúzo-Bravo - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Erythropoiesis and megakaryo-/thrombopoiesis occur in the bone marrow proceeding from
common, even bipotent, progenitor cells. Recently, we have shown that protective …