Inflammation and cardiovascular disease: From mechanisms to therapeutics

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Unraveling the complex interplay between Mitochondria-Associated Membranes (MAMs) and cardiovascular Inflammation: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic implications

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Gut microbiota-derived metabolites: Potential targets for cardiorenal syndrome

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New nitric oxide-releasing indomethacin derivatives with 1,3-thiazolidine-4-one scaffold: Design, synthesis, in silico and in vitro studies

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The Ocean’s Pharmacy: Health Discoveries in Marine Algae

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Oncom: A Nutritive Functional Fermented Food Made from Food Process Solid Residue

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Rethinking of phosphodiesterase 5 inhibition: the old, the new and the perspective in human health

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Cardiovascular diseases in patients with cancer: A comprehensive review of epidemiological trends, cardiac complications, and prognostic implications

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The Link between Stroke Risk and Orodental Status—A Comprehensive Review

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Skeletal muscle as a reservoir for nitrate and nitrite: The role of xanthine oxidase reductase (XOR)

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High-Fat Diet and Metabolic Diseases: A Comparative Analysis of Sex-Dependent Responses and Mechanisms

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Antidiabetic Agents as Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Therapies in Neurological and Cardiovascular Diseases

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Associations of genetic and infectious risk factors with coronary heart disease

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The potential links between human gut microbiota and cardiovascular health and disease - is there a gut-cardiovascular axis?

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Rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular complications during delivery: a United States inpatient analysis

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Bioactive Polysaccharides from Gracilaria lemaneiformis: Preparation, Structures, and Therapeutic Insights

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Role of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease in atrial fibrillation and heart failure: molecular and clinical aspects

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Immunomodulatory and Antioxidant Properties of Ipomoea batatas Flour and Extracts Obtained by Green Extraction

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Genetics in Ischemic Stroke: Current Perspectives and Future Directions

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The Effect of Black Chokeberry ( Aronia melanocarpa ) on Human Inflammation Biomarkers and Antioxidant Enzymes: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

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Coronary artery calcium is associated with long-term mortality from lung cancer: Results from the Coronary Artery Calcium Consortium

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Gut microbiota on cardiovascular diseases-a mini review on current evidence

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Bioactives and exercise synergize to modulate AMPK and inflammation

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3,4′,5-Trimethoxy-trans-stilbene Alleviates Endothelial Dysfunction in Diabetic and Obese Mice via Activation of the AMPK/SIRT1/eNOS Pathway

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Association between parity and markers of inflammation: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

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THE ROLE OF INFLAMMATION IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS

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