Chikungunya Virus Infection
Metabolic Syndrome and Heart Fa ...
The constellation of obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and insulin resistance—together referred to as metabolic syndrome (MetS)—is increasing in ...
Coupling Between Respiratory an ...
Enhanced sympathetic outflow to the heart and resistance vessels greatly contributes to the onset and maintenance of neurogenic hypertension. There ...
Sympathetic Mechanisms, Organ D ...
Sympathetic activation characterizes essential hypertension, contributing to the development and progression of the high blood pressure state. Throu ...
Genetics of Salt-Sensitive Hype ...
The assessment of salt sensitivity of blood pressure is difficult because of the lack of universal consensus on definition. Regardless of the variab ...
Metabolic Syndrome: From the Ge ...
The metabolic syndrome (MS) constitutes a combination of underlying risk factors for an adverse outcome, cardiovascular disease. Thus, the clinical ...
Sympathetic Neural Mechanisms i ...
Sympathetic neural function is essential to human blood pressure regulation, and overactivity of sympathetic nerves may have an important role in th ...
Hepatitis C Virus and Statins: ...
Hepatitis C treatment-response rates range from 50%–80% depending on genotype, viral load, fibrosis stage, interleukin 28B (IL28B) polymorphism, and ...
The DASH Diet and Insulin Sensi ...
Lifestyle modifications, including adoption of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) dietary pattern, weight loss in individuals who ar ...
Metabolic Syndrome, Androgens, ...
Obesity is one of the constellation of factors that make up the definition of the metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is also associated with ins ...
Stress and Its Role in Sympathe ...
Stress in several guises is evident in individuals with hypertension and in those with the metabolic syndrome and may account, at least in part, for ...
Antihypertensive Therapy in Dia ...
Two recently published post-monitoring followup studies of the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) have shown that although early and ...
Dual-Acting Angiotensin Recepto ...
Lowering blood pressure by pharmacologic intervention reduces the incidence of cardiovascular events. Nevertheless, despite the widespread availabil ...
The Role of Aldosterone in the ...
The metabolic syndrome associates metabolic abnormalities such as insulin resistance and dyslipidemia with increased waist circumference and hyperte ...
New Approaches to Quantifying S ...
The importance of the sympathetic nervous system in the pathophysiology of human and experimental models of hypertension is well established. Underp ...
Renin and Prorenin Receptor in ...
The (pro)renin receptor, PRR, was initially characterized as a component of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS). PRR-bound renin and prorenin display ...
Endothelial Damage and Regenera ...
The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) is part of the blood pressure regulating system. Its main effector peptide is angiotensin II (Ang II ...
Do Genetic Variants of the Reni ...
The concept of “pharmacogenomics” or “pharmacogenetics” promises to offer the ultimate in personalized medicine, and the renin-angiotensin system (R ...
Novel Approaches to Oral Immuni ...
Hepatitis B is a necroinflammatory liver disease manifested with subacute to acute symptoms, liver cirrhosis, and mortality. Parenteral alum-adsorbe ...
Manifestations of HIV in the He ...
The worldwide incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is increasing. The head and neck is a primary site for numerous manifestations of HIV ...
Probiotics and Prebiotics for t ...
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality in premature infants. Although the pathogenesis of NEC rema ...
Twenty-First Century Progress T ...
Hookworms are bloodsucking nematodes that afflict up to 740 million persons in tropical and subtropical regions, with Asia and sub-Saharan Africa ex ...
Pericarditis: Pathophysiology, ...
Pericarditis, the most common disease of the pericardium, may be isolated or a manifestation of a systemic disease. The etiology of pericarditis is ...
Mucormycosis of the Head and Ne ...
Mucormycosis of the head and neck is the most common form of infection by the order Mucorales, accounting for up to half of all cases. About 70% of ...
Chikungunya Virus Infection
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an alphavirus transmitted by mosquitoes, mostly Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. After half a century of focal outbr ...
Current Status of Nonantibiotic ...
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a leading cause of nosocomial infections and the most important cause of health care-associated diarrhea wo ...