Amylin: Localization, Effects on Cerebral Arteries and on Local Cerebral Blood Flow in the Cat by Lars Edvinsson, Peter J. Goadsby, Rolf Uddman

“…CGRP and amylin caused concentration-dependent relaxations at low concentrations of PGF2a-precontracted segment (with or without endothelium) whereas only at high concentration did adrenomedullin cause relaxation. …”
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Alterations in Serum Adropin, Adiponectin, and Proinflammatory Cytokine Levels in OSAS by Hakan Celikhisar, Gulay Dasdemir Ilkhan

“…The results of our study suggest that increased adropin concentration may be an indicator of endothelium dysfunction in OSAS patients. Serum adropin and adiponectin levels may be new bioindicators used for diagnosis and risk assessment in OSAS patients.…”
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Dexamethasone Suppressed LPS-Induced Matrix Metalloproteinase and Its Effect on Endothelial Glycocalyx Shedding by Na Cui, Hao Wang, Yun Long, Longxiang Su, Dawei Liu

“…The aim of this study is to determine the mechanism of sepsis-induced vascular hyperpermeability and the beneficial effect of glucocorticoid in protecting vascular endothelium. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were given either a bolus intraperitoneal injection of a nonlethal dose of LPS (Escherichia coli 055:B5, 10 mg/kg, Sigma) or vehicle (pyrogen-free water). …”
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Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Renal Fibrosis: The Flame of Cytotherapy by Quan Zhuang, Ruoyu Ma, Yanshuang Yin, Tianhao Lan, Meng Yu, Yingzi Ming

“…Renal fibrosis, as the fundamental pathological process of chronic kidney disease (CKD), is a pathologic extension of the normal wound healing process characterized by endothelium injury, myofibroblast activation, macrophage migration, inflammatory signaling stimulation, matrix deposition, and remodelling. …”
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Antiflammin-2 Activates the Human Formyl-Peptide Receptor Like 1 by Ahmad M. Kamal, Richard P.G. Hayhoe, Anbalakan Paramasivam, Dianne Cooper, Roderick J. Flower, Egle Solito, Mauro Perretti

“…Finally, study of the neutrophil interaction with activated endothelium under flow demonstrated an inhibitory effect of antiflammin-2, thus providing functional support to a role for the antiflammin-2/FPRL-1 anti-inflammatory axis.…”
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Corneal Endothelial Characteristics, Central Corneal Thickness, and Intraocular Pressure in a Population of Chinese Age-Related Cataract Patients by Yingmei Li, Zhentao Fu, Jian Liu, Miao Li, Yuguang Zhang, Xinyi Wu

“…Normative data for the corneal endothelium, central corneal thickness, and intraocular pressure in the normal age-related cataract patients are reported which will serve as a baseline for comparative studies about cataract.…”
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Vascular Inflammation and Endothelial Dysfunction in Experimental Hypertension by Carmine Savoia, Lidia Sada, Luigi Zezza, Lorenzo Pucci, Francesco Maria Lauri, Alberto Befani, Alessandro Alonzo, Massimo Volpe

“…Essential hypertension is characterized by increased peripheral vascular resistance to blood flow. The endothelium is a crucial regulator of vascular tone. …”
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PPARα-Independent Arterial Smooth Muscle Relaxant Effects of PPARα Agonists by Neerupma Silswal, Nikhil K. Parelkar, Michael J. Wacker, Mostafa Badr, Jon Andresen

“…The PPARα agonists GW7647, WY14643, and gemfibrozil acutely relaxed aortas held under isometric tension and dilated pressurized MCAs with the following order of potency: GW7647≫WY14643>gemfibrozil. Responses were endothelium-independent, and the use of PPARα deficient mice demonstrated that responses were also PPARα-independent. …”
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Mesoglycan: Clinical Evidences for Use in Vascular Diseases by Antonella Tufano, Claudia Arturo, Ernesto Cimino, Matteo Nicola Dario Di Minno, Mirko Di Capua, Anna Maria Cerbone, Giovanni Di Minno

“…Vascular glycosaminoglycans (GAG) are essential components of the endothelium and vessel wall and have been shown to be involved in several biologic functions. …”
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Arginase Inhibitor in the Pharmacological Correction of Endothelial Dysfunction by Mihail V. Pokrovskiy, Mihail V. Korokin, Svetlana A. Tsepeleva, Tatyana G. Pokrovskaya, Vladimir V. Gureev, Elena A. Konovalova, Oleg S. Gudyrev, Vladimir I. Kochkarov, Liliya V. Korokina, Eleonora N. Dudina, Anna V. Babko, Elena G. Terehova

“…There is an imbalance between vasoconstriction and vasodilatation factors of endothelium on the basis of endothelial dysfunction. …”
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Liver fibrosis and markers of endothelial function at metabolic syndrome and early disorders of carbohydrate metabolism by L. V. Chesnokova, I. M. Petrov, Ye. A. Sidorova, I. A. Troshina, Yu. A. Petrova

“…Presence and severity of liver fibrosis at MS in combination to early disorders of carbohydrate metabolism are related to increase of proinflammatory cytokines, endothelin-1 concentration on a background of reduction of adiponectin contents and decrease of endothelium vasodilation capacity.…”
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Targeting Endothelial Adhesion Molecule Transcription for Treatment of Inflammatory Disease: A Proof-of-Concept Study by Liam M. Ashander, Binoy Appukuttan, Yuefang Ma, Dione Gardner-Stephen, Justine R. Smith

“…Intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) mediates leukocyte migration across the retinal endothelium in noninfectious posterior uveitis. We observed an increase in the transcription factor, nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells 1 (NF-κB1), in parallel with ICAM-1, in human retinal endothelial cells treated with tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), and identified putative binding sites for NF-κB1 within the ICAM-1 regulatory region. …”
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A Homemade Snare: An Alternative Method for Mechanical Removal of Dirofilaria immitis in Dogs by Ana Margarida Alho, António Fiarresga, Miguel Landum, Clara Lima, Óscar Gamboa, José Meireles, José Sales Luís, Luís Madeira de Carvalho

“…Currently, manual extraction is the preferred method to remove adult heartworms due to its diminished invasiveness, reduced damage to the vascular endothelium, and shortened anaesthesia duration. However, it remains an expensive technique that can be highly traumatic. …”
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Necrostatin-1 Alleviates Diffuse Pulmonary Haemorrhage by Preventing the Release of NETs via Inhibiting NE/GSDMD Activation in Murine Lupus by Xinai Han, Xiaoming Zhang, Rui Song, Shiqi Li, Shujing Zou, Quanguang Tan, Tianyang Liu, Shugeng Luo, Zhe Wu, Hongyu Jie, Jinhong Wang

“…Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) contain numerous antigens and proinflammatory substances that directly damage the vascular endothelium and aggravate vascular inflammation, which is considered an important pathogenic factor of DAH in SLE. …”
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GLP-1 Relaxes Rat Coronary Arteries by Enhancing ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channel Currents by Qian-Feng Xiong, Shao-Hua Fan, Xue-Wen Li, Yu Niu, Jing Wang, Xin Zhang, Yi-Fan Chen, Ya-Wei Shi, Li-Hui Zhang

“…Vasorelaxation was attenuated by denuding the endothelium, L-NAME (nitric oxide synthase inhibitor), and glyburide (KATP channel blocker) but was not affected by indomethacin (cyclooxygenase inhibitor), iberiotoxin [Ca2+-activated K+ channel (KCa) blocker], or 4-aminopyridine (KV channel blocker). …”
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Attempted Depletion of Passenger Leukocytes by Irradiation in Pigs by Hao-Chih Tai, Xiaocheng Zhu, Yih Jyh Lin, Hidetaka Hara, Mohamed Ezzelarab, Michael Epperley, Mubina A. Quader, David K. C. Cooper

“…The lack of effect may have been related to (i) inadequate depletion of passenger leukocytes, thus not preventing a direct T cell response, (ii) the presence of dead or dying leukocytes (antigens), thus not preventing an indirect T cell response, or (iii) constitutive expression of MHC class II and B7 molecules on the porcine vascular endothelium, activating recipient T cells.…”
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Severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria is associated with circulating ultra-large von Willebrand multimers and ADAMTS13 inhibition. by Deirdre Larkin, Bas de Laat, P Vince Jenkins, James Bunn, Alister G Craig, Virginie Terraube, Roger J S Preston, Cynthia Donkor, George E Grau, Jan A van Mourik, James S O'Donnell

“…Plasmodium falciparum infection results in adhesion of infected erythrocytes to blood vessel endothelium, and acute endothelial cell activation, together with sequestration of platelets and leucocytes. …”
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Comparative Efficacy of Antihypertensive Agents in Flow-Mediated Vasodilation of Patients with Hypertension: Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trial by Hong Ding, Shu Liu, Ke-Xin Zhao, Jie Pu, Ya-Fei Xie, Xiao-Wei Zhang

“…A popular and widely used noninvasive tool, flow-mediated dilation (FMD), is used to examine peripheral artery endothelium-dependent dilation. This study aimed to compare the efficacies of different classes of antihypertensive agents based on their effects on FMD. …”
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Low Ethanol Concentrations Promote Endothelial Progenitor Cell Capacity and Reparative Function by Lars Brodowski, Bianca Schröder-Heurich, Berina Kipke, Cara Schmidt, Constantin S. von Kaisenberg, Frauke von Versen-Höynck

“…Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) are recruited to injured endothelium and contribute to its regeneration. There is evidence that moderate ethanol consumption prevents the development and progression of atherosclerosis in a variety of in vitro and in vivo models and increases the mobilization of progenitor cells. …”
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Endothelial SHANK3 regulates tight junctions in the neonatal mouse blood-brain barrier through β-Catenin signaling by Yong-Eun Kim, Minseong Kim, Sunwhi Kim, Raham Lee, Yusuke Ujihara, Esther Magdalena Marquez-Wilkins, Yong-Hui Jiang, Esther Yang, Hyun Kim, Changhoon Lee, Changwon Park, Il Hwan Kim

“…Here we report that SHANK3, an ASD-risk gene, expresses in the BBB-forming brain endothelial cells (BECs) and regulates tight junctional (TJ) integrity essential for BBB’s barrier function. Endothelium-specific Shank3 (eShank3) knockout (KO) neonatal mice exhibit male-specific BBB-hyperpermeability, reduced neuronal excitability, and impaired ultra-sonic communications. …”
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