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Alzheimer's Gene ApoE4 Causes Brain's Blood Vessels to Leak, Die
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Bob DeMarco
Posted
Fri 18 May 2012 2:14pm
A team of scientists from the University of Rochester, the University of Southern California, and other institutions found that ApoE4 works through cyclophilin A, a well-known bad actor in the cardiovascular system, causing inflammation in atherosclerosis and other conditions.
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Cocoa flavanols improve blood pressure, blood vessel repair
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Dr. John Z.
Posted
Tue 06 Jul 2010 12:00am
and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCSF. “If we can improve the health and function of damaged blood vessels, heart disease patients will have..., improve the health of blood vessels and increase the number of circulating blood-vessel-forming cells in patients with heart disease, according to a new study by UCSF cardiologists
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Cardiovascular System (heart, blood and blood vessels)
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Storm M.
Posted
Wed 21 May 2008 9:09pm
cardiovascular system which is your heart, blood and blood vessels. A healthy cardiovascular system transports oxygen and nutrients throughout your body while picking up waste/toxins... break up your cardio into sessions and still reap the same benefits. You can jog for 1 hour or split your time in half 30 minutes 2 times a day. The end result will be the same
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Can Diabetic Damage To Blood Vessels Be Blocked?
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John Shelmet
Posted
Wed 13 May 2009 11:33pm
that produces nitric acid in the blood vessel, thereby causing a tendency for blood vessel constriction instead of dilation. The more glucose available ... the more O-GlcNAc... on blood pressure and vascular function.
The complete, and fairly scientific, Science Daily article can be seenhere.
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Lymphatic and blood vessels in scleroderma skin, a morphometric analysis
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Jan
Posted
Tue 16 Feb 2010 12:00am
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Keywords: Systemic sclerosis; Lymphatic vessels; Blood vessels; Skin; Immunohistochemistry
Abbreviations: SSc, systemic sclerosis; vWF, von Willebrand Factor; VEGF, Vascular...
Summary
Vascular involvement is frequent in systemic sclerosis, but the role of the lymphatic vasculature is poorly known. Our aim was to evaluate lymphatic vessels
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Sleep Apnea Thickens Blood Vessels, Increases Heart Disease Risk
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COPDsurvivor
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Wed 06 May 2009 1:28pm
vessels. Moreover, it increases the risk of several forms of heart and vascular disease.
Emory researchers have identified the enzyme NADPH oxidase as important for the effects obstructive sleep apnea has on blood vessels in the lung.
The results are published in the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. C. Michael Hart, professor
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MicroRNAs Hold Promise For Treating Diseases In Blood Vessels
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Susan Berg
Posted
Fri 07 Aug 2009 7:15pm
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Among the most "plastic" of cells are vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC), which form in layers around blood vessels, and by contracting or relaxing, regulate blood pressure... dementia articles and activities,
ScienceDaily-- A newly discovered mechanism controls whether muscle cells in blood vessels hasten the development of both atherosclerosis
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Lymphatic and blood vessels in scleroderma skin, a morphometric analysis.
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Jan
Posted
Mon 08 Mar 2010 12:00am
studied skin forearm biopsies of 9 patients with systemic sclerosis and 7 age-matched controls. Lymphatic vessels were labeled with the monoclonal antibody D2-40 and blood vessels with a polyclonal antibody to von Willebrand Factor.
All blood and lymphatic vessels present in each section were counted and total area, inner luminal area, and shape factors were
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