Journal article
Mikamo Lecture-A Radical View of the 'Superfamily' of Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society, Vol.67(10), pp.805-809
2003
DOI: 10.1253/circj.67.805
PMID: 14578609
Abstract
Many risk factors for cardiovascular disease generate superoxide in the blood vessels and thereby impair endothelial function. To emphasize the critical role of oxygen radicals, this is a `radical view' of those risk factors. It will be useful to organize risk factors into a `superfamily', with consideration of mediators, mechanisms, and target organs. Studies are summarized which suggest that, in parallel with the impairment of endothelial vasomotor function, the thrombin/thrombomodulin/activated protein C anticoagulant mechanism, which requires endothelial thrombomodulin, is also impaired by atherosclerosis and improves during regression of atherosclerosis. Impairment of the anticoagulant mechanism may contribute to thrombosis in atherosclerotic arteries, and improvement of the anticoagulant mechanism during regression of atherosclerosis may reduce the risk of cardiovascular events. (Circ J 2003; 67: 805 - 809)
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Mikamo Lecture-A Radical View of the 'Superfamily' of Cardiovascular Risk Factors
- Creators
- Donald D Heistad - Departments of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology, Roy A. and Lucille J. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa and VA Medical Center, Iowa City
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society, Vol.67(10), pp.805-809
- Publisher
- 一般社団法人 日本循環器学会
- DOI
- 10.1253/circj.67.805
- PMID
- 14578609
- ISSN
- 1346-9843
- eISSN
- 1347-4820
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2003
- Academic Unit
- Cardiovascular Medicine; Neuroscience and Pharmacology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984040552102771
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