Endothelial Function and Dysfunction: Testing and Clinical Relevance

Atherosclerosis--an inflammatory disease

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Missing Pieces in the NF-κB Puzzle

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Circulating endothelial progenitor cells, vascular function, and cardiovascular risk

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Elevated D-Dimer is Independently Associated with Endothelial Dysfunction: A Cross-Sectional Study in HIV-Infected Adults on Antiretroviral Therapy

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Varenicline-assisted smoking cessation decreases oxidative stress and restores endothelial function

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Peripheral artery disease is associated with severe impairment of vascular function

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Protective effects of farrerol against hydrogen-peroxide-induced apoptosis in human endothelium-derived EA.hy926 cells

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Analysis of Long Non-Coding RNA Expression of Lymphatic Endothelial Cells in Response to Type 2 Diabetes

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Difference in protective effects of GIP and GLP-1 on endothelial cells according to cyclic adenosine monophosphate response

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Platelet-leukocyte crosstalk in COVID-19: How might the reciprocal links between thrombotic events and inflammatory state affect treatment strategies and disease prognosis?

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Phosphodiesterase 5 inhibition in essential hypertension

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Advanced Endothelial Dysfunction in Diabetic Patients with Multiple Risk Factors; Importance of Insulin Resistance

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Clinical implications of skeletal muscle blood-oxygenation-level-dependent (BOLD) MRI

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Identification of Lysophosphatidylcholine–Chlorohydrin in Human Atherosclerotic Lesions

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Role of SIRT3 in Angiotensin II-induced human umbilical vein endothelial cells dysfunction

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Incretin drugs as modulators of atherosclerosis

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Inducible nitric oxide synthase activity mediates TNF-α-induced endothelial cell dysfunction

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Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases as drug targets

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Superoxide dismutase 1 and glutathione peroxidase 1 are involved in the protective effect of sulodexide on vascular endothelial cells exposed to oxygen–glucose deprivation

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Cells and Stimuli in Small-Caliber Blood Vessel Tissue Engineering

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Intravenous transfusion of endothelial colony-forming cells attenuates vascular degeneration after cerebral aneurysm induction

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Current Understanding of the Neurobiology and Longitudinal Course of Geriatric Depression

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Regression of endothelial dysfunction in patients with endometriosis after surgical treatment: a 2-year follow-up study

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Lupus-associated endothelial dysfunction, disease activity and arteriosclerosis.

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CLIC1 Inhibition Attenuates Vascular Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, and Endothelial Injury

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Suppression of TAK1 pathway by shear stress counteracts the inflammatory endothelial cell phenotype induced by oxidative stress and TGF-β1

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Subendocardial viability ratio in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: comparison with healthy controls and identification of prognostic factors

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Ready-to-use food supplement, with or without arginine and citrulline, with daily chloroquine in Tanzanian children with sickle-cell disease: a double-blind, random order crossover trial

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Endothelial NOD1 directs myeloid cell recruitment in atherosclerosis through VCAM‐1

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Peripheral artery endothelial function responses to altered shear stress patterns in humans

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Perspectives on the Potential Benefits of Antihypertensive Peptides towards Metabolic Syndrome

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Targeted metabolomic analysis of serum amino acids in the adult Fontan patient with a dominant left ventricle

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Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 and COVID-19 in cardiorenal diseases

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Thrombosis and Coagulopathy in COVID-19: Current Understanding and Implications for Antithrombotic Treatment in Patients Treated With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

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Endothelial function and atrial fibrillation: A missing piece of the puzzle?

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The Role of Systemic Microvascular Dysfunction in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

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Endothelial dysfunction in diabetes: potential application of circulating markers as advanced diagnostic and prognostic tools

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Serum Uric Acid and Endothelial Dysfunction in Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

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Serum YKL-40: a potential biomarker for psoriasis or endothelial dysfunction in psoriasis?

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Comparison of two automatic methods for the assessment of brachial artery flow-mediated dilation

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Molecular and clinical aspects of endothelial dysfunction in diabetes

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Searching for biomarker patterns characterizing carotid atherosclerotic burden in patients with reduced renal function

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Renal Vascular Endothelial Function in Hypertensive Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

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Adipocytokine levels mark endothelial function in normotensive individuals

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Carotid Artery Reactivity Predicts Events in Peripheral Arterial Disease Patients

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Risk of acute coronary syndrome and peripheral arterial disease in chronic liver disease and cirrhosis: A nationwide population-based study

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Endothelial Extracellular Vesicles Produced by Senescent Cells: Pathophysiological Role in the Cardiovascular Disease Associated with all Types of Diabetes Mellitus

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Extracts from the Mediterranean Food Plants Carthamus lanatus, Cichorium intybus, and Cichorium spinosum Enhanced GSH Levels and Increased Nrf2 Expression in Human Endothelial Cells

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Molecular Mechanism of Astragaloside IV in Improving Endothelial Dysfunction of Cardiovascular Diseases Mediated by Oxidative Stress

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High-normal blood pressure is associated with a cluster of cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors: a population-based study

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Helium Induces Preconditioning in Human Endothelium In Vivo

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Endothelial Function in Children With OSA and the Effects of Adenotonsillectomy

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Response to Statin Therapy in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

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STK35L1 Associates with Nuclear Actin and Regulates Cell Cycle and Migration of Endothelial Cells

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Single passive leg movement-induced hyperemia: a simple vascular function assessment without a chronotropic response

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Relation of Plasma Insulin Levels to Forearm Flow-Mediated Dilatation in Healthy Volunteers

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Vasodilator Effect of Cassiarin A, a Novel Antiplasmodial Alkaloid from Cassia siamea, in Rat Isolated Mesenteric Artery

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Impact of volunteer-related and methodology-related factors on the reproducibility of brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation

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Endothelial Nitric Oxide Pathways in the Pathophysiology of Dengue: A Prospective Observational Study

Yacoub, S., Lam, P. K., Huynh, T. T., Ho, H. H. N., Thi, H. T. D., Van, N. T., Lien, L. T., Ha, Q. N. T., Le, D. H. T., Mongkolspaya, J., et al. (2017) · Clinical Infectious Diseases · doi:10.1093/cid/cix567 · Cited by 34

Automated Measurement of Microvascular Function Reveals Dysfunction in Systemic Sclerosis: A Cross-sectional Study

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Allopurinol protects human glomerular endothelial cells from high glucose-induced reactive oxygen species generation, p53 overexpression and endothelial dysfunction

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Impacts of prolonged sitting with mild hypercapnia on vascular and autonomic function in healthy recreationally active adults

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Impaired Endothelial Glycocalyx Predicts Adverse Outcome in Subjects Without Overt Cardiovascular Disease: a 6-Year Follow-up Study

Ikonomidis, I., Thymis, J., Simitsis, P., Koliou, G.-A., Katsanos, S. M., Triantafyllou, C., Kousathana, F., Pavlidis, G., Kountouri, A., Polyzogopoulou, E., et al. (2021) · Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research · doi:10.1007/s12265-021-10180-2 · Cited by 35

Endothelial cells and blood vessels are major targets for COVID-19-induced tissue injury and spreading to various organs

Tarnawski, A. S., & Ahluwalia, A. (2022) · World Journal of Gastroenterology · doi:10.3748/wjg.v28.i3.275 · Cited by 34

Cholinergic regulation of vascular endothelial function by human ChAT + T cells

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Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Arterial Hypertension: Is There Any Good News?

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The Effect of Antihypertensive Drugs on Endothelial Function as Assessed by Flow-Mediated Vasodilation in Hypertensive Patients

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Novel Endothelial Biomarkers: Implications for Periodontal Disease and CVD

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Smoking in Moderate/Severe Preeclampsia Worsens Pregnancy Outcome, but Smoking Cessation Limits the Damage

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Anti-inflammatory effects of active commuting and leisure time exercise in overweight and obese women and men: A randomized controlled trial

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New cardiovascular risk determinants do exist and are clinically useful

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Molecular mechanisms, targets and clinical potential of berberine in regulating metabolism: a review focussing on databases and molecular docking studies

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Endothelial dysfunction in cardiovascular diseases: mechanisms and in vitro models

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Insulin Resistance Is an Independent Determinate of ED in Young Adult Men

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Supplementation of a γ-tocopherol-rich mixture of tocopherols in healthy men protects against vascular endothelial dysfunction induced by postprandial hyperglycemia

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Flow-Mediated Dilation Normalization Predicts Outcome in Chronic Heart Failure Patients

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Persistent endothelial dysfunction turns the frequent exacerbator COPD from respiratory disorder into a progressive pulmonary and systemic vascular disease

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