Beneficial effects of silkworm (Bombyx mori) pupal oil on serum and hepatic lipid parameters in high fat diet fed rats
Published in Journal of Insects as Food and Feed
Small Intestinal Perforation Caused by Enteric-coated Low-dose Aspirin.
Published in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
A 77-year-old man presented with abdominal pain for 1 week. He was taking enteric-coated low-dose aspirin (LDA) to prevent secondary cardiovascular events and a proton pump inhibitor (PPI). Computed tomography indicated a small intestinal perforation; thus, small intestine resection was performed. Two months after surgery, he experienced a recurren...
Self-Sensing Soft Skin Based on Piezoelectric Nanofibers.
Published in Polymers
The development of electronic skins and wearable devices is rapidly growing due to their broad application fields, such as for biomedical, health monitoring, or robotic purposes. In particular, tactile sensors based on piezoelectric polymers, which feature self-powering capability, have been widely used thanks to their flexibility and light weight....
Sulfated Polysaccharides from Macroalgae-A Simple Roadmap for Chemical Characterization.
Published in Polymers
The marine environment presents itself as a treasure chest, full of a vast diversity of organisms yet to be explored. Among these organisms, macroalgae stand out as a major source of natural products due to their nature as primary producers and relevance in the sustainability of marine ecosystems. Sulfated polysaccharides (SPs) are a group of polym...
Diterpenoids inhibit ox-LDL-induced foam cell formation in RAW264.7 cells by promoting ABCA1 mediated cholesterol efflux...
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Published in Frontiers in Pharmacology
Introduction: Atherosclerosis is the main cause of many cardiovascular diseases and contributes to morbidity and mortality worldwide. The formation of macrophage-derived foam cells plays a critical role in the early stage of atherosclerosis pathogenesis. Diterpenoids found in the flowers of Callicarpa rubella Lindl., a traditional Chinese medicine,...
Extensive diet-induced atherosclerosis in scavenger receptor class B type 1-deficient mice is associated with substantia...
Published in Frontiers in Physiology
High levels of low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and low levels of high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol are risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Mice that lack genes involved in the clearance of LDL from the bloodstream, such as the LDL receptor and apolipoprotein E, are widely used models of experimental atherosclerosis. Converse...
Screening for key genes in circadian regulation in advanced atherosclerosis: A bioinformatic analysis
Published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Background Atherosclerosis (AS) is the most important cardiovascular disease threatening human health, leading to adverse events such as myocardial infarction and stroke. The research on the pathogenesis and causes of AS is being improved step by step, and many factors are associated with AS. However, the relationship between circadian regulation a...
Advances in immunotherapy modalities for atherosclerosis
Published in Frontiers in Pharmacology
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Atherosclerosis is the pathological basis of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Atherosclerosis is now understood to be a long-term immune-mediated inflammatory condition brought on by a complicated chain of factors, including endothelial dysfunction, lipid d...
Macrophage elastase derived from adventitial macrophages modulates aortic remodeling
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Published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is pathologically characterized by intimal atherosclerosis, disruption and attenuation of the elastic media, and adventitial inflammatory infiltrates. Although all these pathological events are possibly involved in the pathogenesis of AAA, the functional roles contributed by adventitial inflammatory macrophages have ...
Are acute type A aortic dissections atherosclerotic?
Published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Background Type A aortic dissections (TAAD) are devastating aortic complications. Patients with Marfan syndrome, a bicuspid aortic valve or a thoracic aortic aneurysm have an increased risk to develop a TAAD. These predisposing conditions are characterized by a histologically thin intimal layer and hardly any atherosclerosis. Little is known about ...
