Cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology at high altitude

JP Richalet, E Hermand, FJ Lhuissier - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2024 - nature.com
Oxygen is vital for cellular metabolism; therefore, the hypoxic conditions encountered at high
altitude affect all physiological functions. Acute hypoxia activates the adrenergic system and …

Obesity and hypertension

G Seravalle, G Grassi - Obesity: Clinical, Surgical and Practical Guide, 2024 - Springer
Obesity is a worldwide pandemic contributing to the hypertensive state and to the
cardiovascular morbidity leading to an increase in hospitalizations, events and cost to the …

Neuronal regulation of immunity: why, how and where?

M Schiller, TL Ben-Shaanan, A Rolls - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2021 - nature.com
Neuroimmunology is one of the fastest-growing fields in the life sciences, and for good
reason; it fills the gap between two principal systems of the organism, the nervous system …

Dapagliflozin acutely improves endothelial dysfunction, reduces aortic stiffness and renal resistive index in type 2 diabetic patients: a pilot study

A Solini, L Giannini, M Seghieri, E Vitolo… - Cardiovascular …, 2017 - Springer
Background Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors reduce blood pressure (BP) and
renal and cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes through not fully elucidated …

Macrovasculature and microvasculature at the crossroads between type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension

RE Climie, TT van Sloten, RM Bruno, S Taddei… - …, 2019 - ahajournals.org
Climie et al Macrovasculature and Microvasculature in HTN and T2D 1139 million global
disability-adjusted life years, an increase of 11.7% from 2005. 9 Because hypertension …

Sympathetic overactivity, hypertension and cardiovascular disease: state of the art

G Grassi, LF Drager - Current Medical Research and Opinion, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the most prevalent cause of premature death
worldwide. It had been suspected for decades that increased activity of the sympathetic …

Vagus nerve stimulation: a personalized therapeutic approach for Crohn's and other inflammatory bowel diseases

G Cirillo, F Negrete-Diaz, D Yucuma, A Virtuoso… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Inflammatory bowel diseases, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, are incurable
autoimmune diseases characterized by chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract …

The relationship between vascular function and the autonomic nervous system

E Amiya, M Watanabe, I Komuro - Annals of vascular diseases, 2014 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Endothelial dysfunction and autonomic nervous system dysfunction are both risk factors for
atherosclerosis. There is evidence demonstrating that there is a close interrelationship …

Role of peripheral nerve fibres in acute and chronic inflammation in arthritis

G Pongratz, RH Straub - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2013 - nature.com
The peripheral nervous system takes an active part in inflammatory processes by regulating
effector cell function and reallocation of energy to the immune system. During acute …

Sympathetic nervous system, hypertension, obesity and metabolic syndrome

G Seravalle, G Grassi - High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention, 2016 - Springer
Experimental and clinical studies have clearly shown the role of the sympathetic nervous
system in the pathophysiology of several cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular diseases …