Pathophysiological mechanisms and therapeutic approaches in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

R Lv, X Liu, Y Zhang, N Dong, X Wang, Y He… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a common breathing disorder in sleep in
which the airways narrow or collapse during sleep, causing obstructive sleep apnea. The …

Insulin resistance and cardiovascular disease

CE Kosmas, MD Bousvarou… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Insulin resistance (IR) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) represent two universal public
health hazards, especially in today's Western societies. A causal-effect relationship has …

A genomic mutational constraint map using variation in 76,156 human genomes

S Chen, LC Francioli, JK Goodrich, RL Collins, M Kanai… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The depletion of disruptive variation caused by purifying natural selection (constraint) has
been widely used to investigate protein-coding genes underlying human disorders,,–, but …

A genome-wide mutational constraint map quantified from variation in 76,156 human genomes

S Chen, LC Francioli, JK Goodrich, RL Collins, M Kanai… - BioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
The depletion of disruptive variation caused by purifying natural selection (constraint) has
been widely used to investigate protein-coding genes underlying human disorders, but …

Menopausal hormone therapy and women's health: An umbrella review

GQ Zhang, JL Chen, Y Luo, MB Mathur… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background There remains uncertainty about the impact of menopausal hormone therapy
(MHT) on women's health. A systematic, comprehensive assessment of the effects on …

A narrative review on plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 and its (patho) physiological role: to target or not to target?

M Sillen, PJ Declerck - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) is the main physiological inhibitor of plasminogen
activators (PAs) and is therefore an important inhibitor of the plasminogen/plasmin system …

Cardiovascular system in preeclampsia and beyond

B Thilaganathan, E Kalafat - Hypertension, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Thilaganathan and Kalafat Cardiovascular System in Preeclampsia and Beyond 523 age of
60 years have an increased risk of preeclampsia. 18, 31 Previous preeclampsia is a risk …

Preeclampsia: the relationship between uterine artery blood flow and trophoblast function

A Ridder, V Giorgione, A Khalil… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Maternal uterine artery blood flow is critical to maintaining the intrauterine environment,
permitting normal placental function, and supporting fetal growth. It has long been believed …

Fat cell size: measurement methods, pathophysiological origins, and relationships with metabolic dysregulations

RZ Ye, G Richard, N Gévry, A Tchernof… - Endocrine …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The obesity pandemic increasingly causes morbidity and mortality from type 2 diabetes,
cardiovascular diseases and many other chronic diseases. Fat cell size (FCS) predicts …

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and cardiovascular disease: assessing the evidence for causality

MCGJ Brouwers, N Simons, CDA Stehouwer, A Isaacs - Diabetologia, 2020 - Springer
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is highly prevalent among individuals with type 2
diabetes. Although epidemiological studies have shown that NAFLD is associated with …