The dark side of energy drinks: a comprehensive review of their impact on the human body

A Costantino, A Maiese, J Lazzari, C Casula… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the consumption of energy drinks by young adults and athletes has risen
significantly, but concerns have been raised about the potential health risks associated with …

Death after the administration of COVID-19 vaccines approved by EMA: has a causal relationship been demonstrated?

A Maiese, A Baronti, AC Manetti, M Di Paolo… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
More than eight billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered globally so far
and 44.29% of people are fully vaccinated. Pre-authorization clinical trials were carried out …

IL-10 improves cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction by stimulating M2 macrophage polarization and fibroblast activation

M Jung, Y Ma, RP Iyer, KY DeLeon-Pennell… - Basic research in …, 2017 - Springer
Inflammation resolution is important for scar formation following myocardial infarction (MI)
and requires the coordinated actions of macrophages and fibroblasts. In this study, we …

miR‐1, miR‐499 and miR‐208 are sensitive markers to diagnose sudden death due to early acute myocardial infarction

E Pinchi, P Frati, M Aromatario… - Journal of cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are strongly up‐regulated under pathological stress and in a wide
range of diseases. In recent years, miRNAs are under investigation for their potential use as …

Myocardial Infarction Following COVID-19 Vaccine Administration: Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc?

A Baronti, F Gentile, AC Manetti, A Scatena… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the safest and most effective
strategy for controlling the pandemic. However, some cases of acute cardiac events …

Sudden death in adults: a practical flow chart for pathologist guidance

F Sessa, M Esposito, G Messina, G Di Mizio… - Healthcare, 2021 - mdpi.com
The medico-legal term “sudden death (SD)” refers to those deaths that are not preceded by
significant symptoms. SD in apparently healthy individuals (newborn through to adults) …

Inflammation in myocardial injury: mesenchymal stem cells as potential immunomodulators

W Yan, E Abu-El-Rub, S Saravanan… - American Journal …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
Ischemic heart disease is a growing worldwide epidemic. Improvements in medical and
surgical therapies have reduced early mortality after acute myocardial infarction and …

Role of interleukin‐15 in cardiovascular diseases

L Guo, M Liu, J Huang, J Li, J Jiang… - Journal of cellular and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Interleukin (IL)‐15 is a recently identified cytokine, which belongs to the interleukin‐
2 (IL‐2) family, and plays an important role in innate and adaptive immunoreaction. Given …

Human cardiac progenitor cell activation and regeneration mechanisms: exploring a novel myocardial ischemia/reperfusion in vitro model

MJ Sebastião, M Serra, R Pereira, I Palacios… - Stem cell research & …, 2019 - Springer
Background Numerous studies from different labs around the world report human cardiac
progenitor cells (hCPCs) as having a role in myocardial repair upon ischemia/reperfusion …

[HTML][HTML] Bioreactor-based 3D human myocardial ischemia/reperfusion in vitro model: a novel tool to unveil key paracrine factors upon acute myocardial infarction

MJ Sebastião, P Gomes-Alves, I Reis, B Sanchez… - Translational …, 2020 - Elsevier
During acute myocardial infarction (AMI), Ischemia/Reperfusion (I/R) injury causes
cardiomyocyte (CM) death and loss of tissue function, making AMI one of the major causes …