Superoxide anion formation is vital to the microbicidal activity of phagocytes. Recently, however,
there is accumulating evidence that it is also involved in cell growth in vascular smooth …

IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a fascinating clinical entity first reported in this century in
Japan, and includes a wide variety of diseases, such as formerly named Mikulicz's disease (…

Atherosclerotic lesions are found opposite vascular flow dividers at sites of low shear stress
and oscillatory flow. Since endothelial proinflammatory genes prominent in lesions are …

Recent studies suggest that superoxide production by the NADPH/NADH oxidase may be
involved in smooth muscle cell growth and the pathogenesis of hypertension. We previously …

Objective— There are few data available on possible independent association between uric
acid and carotid atherosclerosis. Here we first sought to investigate association between …

Increasing experimental evidence suggests that non-phagocytic cells express a potent
superoxide (O 2 -• )-producing NADH oxidase that might be related to the phagocytic NADPH …

We investigated the relation between positivity for hepatitis C virus (HCV) and carotid-artery
plaque and carotid intima-media thickening by analysing cross-sectional data of individuals …

The klotho gene, originally identified by insertional mutagenesis in mice, suppresses the
expression of multiple aging-associated phenotypes. This gene is predominantly expressed in …

Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of unknown cause. Sarcoidosis involving
the heart, ie, cardiac sarcoidosis, affects the prognosis of patients significantly as it may lead …

Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), a potent monocyte chemoattractant synthesized
by vascular cells and monocytes, has been proposed to be an important mediator of …