Cardiovascular disease remains a leading global cause of death, and we break down its pathology, risk factors, and the ...

Al-Gahtani, S. (2026) Review of Literature Investigating the Correlation between Prevalence of Risk Factors Associated with ...

Introduction: Endothelial function is crucial for maintaining vascular homeostasis. Integrin-linked kinase (ILK) has emerged as a key regulator of endothelial homeostasis, preventing endothelial ...

Objectives The glucose-lowering drug metformin has shown promise in non-diabetic conditions for improving endothelial dysfunction, but the literature of metformin’s effect on endothelial dysfunction ...

For several decades, the vascular endothelium was considered a unicellular layer acting as a semipermeable membrane between the blood and the interstitium. Recently, it has been demonstrated that the ...

Empagliflozin reduced proinflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress markers in INOCA patients with CMD, improving vascular health. Treatment led to favorable shifts in endothelial extracellular ...

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1 Department of Endocrinology, Putuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China 2 Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China Vascular ...

A polygenic risk score (PRS) based on genes associated with endothelial cell function identifies patients at a higher risk of coronary artery disease, according to a new study. The risk score, which ...

Atherosclerosis, a disease characterized by the accumulation of lipids and inflammatory cells in the arterial wall, is a significant cause of cardiovascular events. A key process in atherosclerosis is ...