RF Grimble - Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care, 2002 - journals.lww.com Recent findings: Population studies show a strong association between indices of
inflammation, and abnormal lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, obesity and
atherosclerosis. TNF-α is produced, by cells of the immune system and by ... Cited by 215 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►ahajournals.org K Yasunari, K Maeda, M Nakamura, J … - Hypertension, 2002 - Am Heart Assoc Because oxidative stress and inflammation are believed to play roles in the
pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases, oxidative stress in polymorphonuclear
leukocytes (PMNs) and mononuclear cells (MNCs) has been measured. A total ... Cited by 115 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►jlr.org A Van Oostrom, TP Sijmonsma, C Verseyden, … - The Journal of Lipid Research, 2003 - ASBMB Atherosclerosis is a low-grade inflammatory disease involving leukocytes,
lipids, and glucose leading to endothelial dysfunction. Since activation of
neutrophils by triglycerides and glucose has been described in vitro, we ... Cited by 89 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org S Kopprasch, J Pietzsch, E Kuhlisch, K … - Diabetes, 2002 - Am Diabetes Assoc Oxidized LDL (oxLDL) is a key mediator in atherogenesis and a marker of coronary
artery disease (CAD). Type 2 diabetes is associated with excessive
cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Because atherogenesis starts before ... Cited by 55 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►highwire.org LM McManus, RC Bloodworth, TJ Prihoda, JL … - Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 2001 - jleuk.highwire.org Inexplicable controversies with regard to possible functional defects of
neutrophilic polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) in diabetes persist. The
purpose of the present study was to elucidate the relative effectiveness of ... Cited by 52 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►highwire.org S Walrand, C Guillet, Y Boirie, MP Vasson - Journal of leukocyte biology, 2004 - jleuk.highwire.org Polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) are able to destroy invasive mircoorganisms
by a wide variety of functions. Whereas insulin does not stimulate hexose
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- ►asnjournals.org S Sela, R Shurtz-Swirski, M Cohen-Mazor, R … - Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2005 - Am Soc Nephrol This study characterizes the causal relationship between peripheral
polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMNL) priming, systemic oxidative stress (OS), and
inflammation in patients with varying degrees of renal insufficiency ... Cited by 36 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
J Jacobi, B Kristal, J Chezar, SM Shaul, S … - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2005 - Elsevier Endothelial dysfunction/activation underlies the development of long-term
cardiovascular complications and atherosclerosis. The aim of this study was to
examine a direct role for exogenous sublethal flux of superoxide on ... Cited by 29 - Related articles - All 3 versions
- ►physiology.org J Jacobi, S Sela, HI Cohen, J Chezar, B … - American Journal of Physiology- Heart and Circulatory …, 2006 - Am Physiological Soc Peripheral polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL) in hemodialysis (HD) patients are
primed, continually releasing and exposing the vascular endothelium to soluble
factors such as reactive oxygen species and inflammatory mediators. To ... Cited by 21 - Related articles - All 3 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org FM Chung, JCR Tsai, DM Chang, SJ Shin, YJ … - Diabetes care, 2005 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—For this study, 1,480 subjects with type 2
diabetes who were enrolled in a disease management program were stratified
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