A common artificial sweetener may trigger insulin spikes that lead to the build up of fatty plaques in the arteries, ...

Atherosclerosis, a disease characterized by the accumulation of lipids and inflammatory cells in the arterial wall, is a ...

A research team has revealed that cadmium, a toxic heavy metal, increases the synthesis of hyaluronan in vascular endothelial ...

A research team at Toho University, has revealed that cadmium, a toxic heavy metal, increases the synthesis of hyaluronan in vascular endothelial cells. Their study has also identified that this ...

February is heart month, a time to think about the health of your and your loved ones’ arteries. If arteries get stressed by bad genes; bad habits (such as sedentary lifestyle, unhealthy diet, or ...

Diabetic patients frequently suffer from retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy and accelerated atherosclerosis. The loss of endothelial function precedes these vascular alterations. Here we report ...

Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA (I.A.T., K.I.B., C.X., D.W.K., Y.K., A.A ...

A research team revealed that insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 6 (IGFBP6) serves as a potential therapeutic target for suppressing endothelial inflammation and atherosclerosis.

However, its role in endothelial homeostasis and atherosclerosis remained unclear. In this study, the team discovered that IGFBP6 levels were significantly diminished in atherosclerotic plaques ...

These repair mechanisms are not limited to endothelial cells but are relevant ... are disrupted in specific disease conditions, such as atherosclerosis." More information: Nikita Raj et al ...