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1. Increased elastic tissue defect formation in the growth restricted Brown Norway rat: a potential link between in utero condition and cardiovascular disease.

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Pascoe KC, Wlodek ME, and Jones GT

Subjects
Animals, Animals, Newborn, Aorta, Abdominal physiopathology, Blood Pressure physiology, Body Weight physiology, Cardiovascular Diseases physiopathology, Disease Models, Animal, Elastic Tissue physiopathology, Female, Ligation, Litter Size, Male, Pregnancy, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects physiopathology, Rats, Rats, Inbred BN, Risk Factors, Aorta, Abdominal abnormalities, Cardiovascular Diseases epidemiology, Cardiovascular Diseases etiology, Elastic Tissue abnormalities, Fetal Growth Retardation physiopathology, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects epidemiology, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects etiology
Abstract

Low birth weight for gestational age has been epidemiologically linked to cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in adult life. This study aimed to determine whether in utero growth restriction influences an early feature of atherosclerotic pathology; disruption of the aortic internal elastic lamina (IEL) in the adult Brown Norway (BN) rat. In utero growth restriction was induced by bilateral uterine artery ligation on day 18 of gestation, thereby decreasing newborn BN pup weight by approximately 14%. Restriction surgery significantly increased aortic IEL defect number at 8 wk of age in both sexes compared with no surgery animals (p < 0.002). At 16 wk of age placental restriction surgery significantly increased the number of defects in males compared with both no surgery and sham surgery control groups (p < 0.001). The total number of IEL defects was significantly correlated with several postnatal growth rate parameters, including 72-h postpartum weight. Neither blood pressure was significantly different between treatment groups, nor was it correlated with body weight or IEL defect numbers. The findings of this study seem to support the fetal origins of adult disease hypothesis, by demonstrating that a moderate growth restricting insult dramatically increases aortic elastic tissue defect formation via an apparently blood pressure-independent mechanism.

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2008
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2. Health behavior goals of cardiac patients after hospitalization.

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Holtrop JS, Corser W, Jones G, Brooks G, Holmes-Rovner M, and Stommel M

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Attitude to Health, Demography, Feeding Behavior, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Motor Activity, Patient Education as Topic statistics & numerical data, Smoking epidemiology, Smoking Cessation statistics & numerical data, Smoking Prevention, Time Factors, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Cardiovascular Diseases epidemiology, Goals, Health Behavior, Hospitalization
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Objectives: To examine the types and influences of health behavior goals self-selected by post hospitalized cardiac patients., Methods: Subjects participated in a trial assessing the effectiveness of a health behavior change program., Results: Nearly 95% of smokers and 89.7% of patients with elevated weights selected a smoking and/or dietary modification goal, respectively. Only 43.8% of physical activity goal patients started a rehabilitation program. Although no consistent relationships were found between patient characteristics and type of goal(s) selected, significant improvements in readiness to change levels occurred., Conclusions: Many patients can make health behavior progress consistent with behaviors needing improvements by clinical criteria.

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2006
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3. Association Between Telomere Length and Risk of Cancer and Non-Neoplastic Diseases: A Mendelian Randomization Study

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Haycock, Philip C, Burgess, Stephen, Nounu, Aayah, Zheng, Jie, Okoli, George N, Bowden, Jack, Wade, Kaitlin Hazel, Timpson, Nicholas J, Evans, David M, Willeit, Peter, Aviv, Abraham, Gaunt, Tom R, Hemani, Gibran, Mangino, Massimo, Ellis, Hayley Patricia, Kurian, Kathreena M, Pooley, Karen A, Eeles, Rosalind A, Lee, Jeffrey E, Fang, Shenying, Chen, Wei V, Law, Matthew H, Bowdler, Lisa M, Iles, Mark M, Yang, Qiong, Worrall, Bradford B, Markus, Hugh Stephen, Hung, Rayjean J, Amos, Chris I, Spurdle, Amanda B, Thompson, Deborah J, O’Mara, Tracy A, Wolpin, Brian, Amundadottir, Laufey, Stolzenberg-Solomon, Rachael, Trichopoulou, Antonia, Onland-Moret, N Charlotte, Lund, Eiliv, Duell, Eric J, Canzian, Federico, Severi, Gianluca, Overvad, Kim, Gunter, Marc J, Tumino, Rosario, Svenson, Ulrika, van Rij, Andre, Baas, Annette F, Bown, Matthew J, Samani, Nilesh J, van t’Hof, Femke NG, Tromp, Gerard, Jones, Gregory T, Kuivaniemi, Helena, Elmore, James R, Johansson, Mattias, Mckay, James, Scelo, Ghislaine, Carreras-Torres, Robert, Gaborieau, Valerie, Brennan, Paul, Bracci, Paige M, Neale, Rachel E, Olson, Sara H, Gallinger, Steven, Li, Donghui, Petersen, Gloria M, Risch, Harvey A, Klein, Alison P, Han, Jiali, Abnet, Christian C, Freedman, Neal D, Taylor, Philip R, Maris, John M, Aben, Katja K, Kiemeney, Lambertus A, Vermeulen, Sita H, Wiencke, John K, Walsh, Kyle M, Wrensch, Margaret, Rice, Terri, Turnbull, Clare, Litchfield, Kevin, Paternoster, Lavinia, Standl, Marie, Abecasis, Gonçalo R, SanGiovanni, John Paul, Li, Yong, Mijatovic, Vladan, Sapkota, Yadav, Low, Siew-Kee, Zondervan, Krina T, Montgomery, Grant W, Nyholt, Dale R, van Heel, David A, Hunt, Karen, Arking, Dan E, Ashar, Foram N, Sotoodehnia, Nona, Woo, Daniel, and Rosand, Jonathan

Subjects
Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, Rare Diseases, Clinical Research, Cancer, Prevention, Genetics, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cardiovascular Diseases, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Germ-Line Mutation, Humans, Male, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Middle Aged, Neoplasms, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk Assessment, Telomere, Telomere Homeostasis, Telomeres Mendelian Randomization Collaboration, Public Health and Health Services, Oncology and carcinogenesis
Abstract

ImportanceThe causal direction and magnitude of the association between telomere length and incidence of cancer and non-neoplastic diseases is uncertain owing to the susceptibility of observational studies to confounding and reverse causation.ObjectiveTo conduct a Mendelian randomization study, using germline genetic variants as instrumental variables, to appraise the causal relevance of telomere length for risk of cancer and non-neoplastic diseases.Data sourcesGenomewide association studies (GWAS) published up to January 15, 2015.Study selectionGWAS of noncommunicable diseases that assayed germline genetic variation and did not select cohort or control participants on the basis of preexisting diseases. Of 163 GWAS of noncommunicable diseases identified, summary data from 103 were available.Data extraction and synthesisSummary association statistics for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are strongly associated with telomere length in the general population.Main outcomes and measuresOdds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for disease per standard deviation (SD) higher telomere length due to germline genetic variation.ResultsSummary data were available for 35 cancers and 48 non-neoplastic diseases, corresponding to 420 081 cases (median cases, 2526 per disease) and 1 093 105 controls (median, 6789 per disease). Increased telomere length due to germline genetic variation was generally associated with increased risk for site-specific cancers. The strongest associations (ORs [95% CIs] per 1-SD change in genetically increased telomere length) were observed for glioma, 5.27 (3.15-8.81); serous low-malignant-potential ovarian cancer, 4.35 (2.39-7.94); lung adenocarcinoma, 3.19 (2.40-4.22); neuroblastoma, 2.98 (1.92-4.62); bladder cancer, 2.19 (1.32-3.66); melanoma, 1.87 (1.55-2.26); testicular cancer, 1.76 (1.02-3.04); kidney cancer, 1.55 (1.08-2.23); and endometrial cancer, 1.31 (1.07-1.61). Associations were stronger for rarer cancers and at tissue sites with lower rates of stem cell division. There was generally little evidence of association between genetically increased telomere length and risk of psychiatric, autoimmune, inflammatory, diabetic, and other non-neoplastic diseases, except for coronary heart disease (OR, 0.78 [95% CI, 0.67-0.90]), abdominal aortic aneurysm (OR, 0.63 [95% CI, 0.49-0.81]), celiac disease (OR, 0.42 [95% CI, 0.28-0.61]) and interstitial lung disease (OR, 0.09 [95% CI, 0.05-0.15]).Conclusions and relevanceIt is likely that longer telomeres increase risk for several cancers but reduce risk for some non-neoplastic diseases, including cardiovascular diseases.

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2017

4. Association Between Telomere Length and Risk of Cancer and Non-Neoplastic Diseases: A Mendelian Randomization Study.

Author

Telomeres Mendelian Randomization Collaboration, Haycock, Philip C, Burgess, Stephen, Nounu, Aayah, Zheng, Jie, Okoli, George N, Bowden, Jack, Wade, Kaitlin Hazel, Timpson, Nicholas J, Evans, David M, Willeit, Peter, Aviv, Abraham, Gaunt, Tom R, Hemani, Gibran, Mangino, Massimo, Ellis, Hayley Patricia, Kurian, Kathreena M, Pooley, Karen A, Eeles, Rosalind A, Lee, Jeffrey E, Fang, Shenying, Chen, Wei V, Law, Matthew H, Bowdler, Lisa M, Iles, Mark M, Yang, Qiong, Worrall, Bradford B, Markus, Hugh Stephen, Hung, Rayjean J, Amos, Chris I, Spurdle, Amanda B, Thompson, Deborah J, O'Mara, Tracy A, Wolpin, Brian, Amundadottir, Laufey, Stolzenberg-Solomon, Rachael, Trichopoulou, Antonia, Onland-Moret, N Charlotte, Lund, Eiliv, Duell, Eric J, Canzian, Federico, Severi, Gianluca, Overvad, Kim, Gunter, Marc J, Tumino, Rosario, Svenson, Ulrika, van Rij, Andre, Baas, Annette F, Bown, Matthew J, Samani, Nilesh J, van t'Hof, Femke NG, Tromp, Gerard, Jones, Gregory T, Kuivaniemi, Helena, Elmore, James R, Johansson, Mattias, Mckay, James, Scelo, Ghislaine, Carreras-Torres, Robert, Gaborieau, Valerie, Brennan, Paul, Bracci, Paige M, Neale, Rachel E, Olson, Sara H, Gallinger, Steven, Li, Donghui, Petersen, Gloria M, Risch, Harvey A, Klein, Alison P, Han, Jiali, Abnet, Christian C, Freedman, Neal D, Taylor, Philip R, Maris, John M, Aben, Katja K, Kiemeney, Lambertus A, Vermeulen, Sita H, Wiencke, John K, Walsh, Kyle M, Wrensch, Margaret, Rice, Terri, Turnbull, Clare, Litchfield, Kevin, Paternoster, Lavinia, Standl, Marie, Abecasis, Gonçalo R, SanGiovanni, John Paul, Li, Yong, Mijatovic, Vladan, Sapkota, Yadav, Low, Siew-Kee, Zondervan, Krina T, Montgomery, Grant W, Nyholt, Dale R, van Heel, David A, Hunt, Karen, Arking, Dan E, Ashar, Foram N, Sotoodehnia, Nona, and Woo, Daniel

Subjects
Telomeres Mendelian Randomization Collaboration, Telomere, Humans, Neoplasms, Cardiovascular Diseases, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Risk Assessment, Germ-Line Mutation, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Middle Aged, Female, Male, Genome-Wide Association Study, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Telomere Homeostasis, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, and over, Prevention, Clinical Research, Cancer, Genetics, Rare Diseases, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, Public Health and Health Services
Abstract

ImportanceThe causal direction and magnitude of the association between telomere length and incidence of cancer and non-neoplastic diseases is uncertain owing to the susceptibility of observational studies to confounding and reverse causation.ObjectiveTo conduct a Mendelian randomization study, using germline genetic variants as instrumental variables, to appraise the causal relevance of telomere length for risk of cancer and non-neoplastic diseases.Data sourcesGenomewide association studies (GWAS) published up to January 15, 2015.Study selectionGWAS of noncommunicable diseases that assayed germline genetic variation and did not select cohort or control participants on the basis of preexisting diseases. Of 163 GWAS of noncommunicable diseases identified, summary data from 103 were available.Data extraction and synthesisSummary association statistics for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are strongly associated with telomere length in the general population.Main outcomes and measuresOdds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for disease per standard deviation (SD) higher telomere length due to germline genetic variation.ResultsSummary data were available for 35 cancers and 48 non-neoplastic diseases, corresponding to 420 081 cases (median cases, 2526 per disease) and 1 093 105 controls (median, 6789 per disease). Increased telomere length due to germline genetic variation was generally associated with increased risk for site-specific cancers. The strongest associations (ORs [95% CIs] per 1-SD change in genetically increased telomere length) were observed for glioma, 5.27 (3.15-8.81); serous low-malignant-potential ovarian cancer, 4.35 (2.39-7.94); lung adenocarcinoma, 3.19 (2.40-4.22); neuroblastoma, 2.98 (1.92-4.62); bladder cancer, 2.19 (1.32-3.66); melanoma, 1.87 (1.55-2.26); testicular cancer, 1.76 (1.02-3.04); kidney cancer, 1.55 (1.08-2.23); and endometrial cancer, 1.31 (1.07-1.61). Associations were stronger for rarer cancers and at tissue sites with lower rates of stem cell division. There was generally little evidence of association between genetically increased telomere length and risk of psychiatric, autoimmune, inflammatory, diabetic, and other non-neoplastic diseases, except for coronary heart disease (OR, 0.78 [95% CI, 0.67-0.90]), abdominal aortic aneurysm (OR, 0.63 [95% CI, 0.49-0.81]), celiac disease (OR, 0.42 [95% CI, 0.28-0.61]) and interstitial lung disease (OR, 0.09 [95% CI, 0.05-0.15]).Conclusions and relevanceIt is likely that longer telomeres increase risk for several cancers but reduce risk for some non-neoplastic diseases, including cardiovascular diseases.

Published
2017

5. Genome-wide association study of intracranial aneurysms identifies 17 risk loci and genetic overlap with clinical risk factors

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Bakker, Mark K., van der Spek, Rick A.A., van Rheenen, Wouter, Morel, Sandrine, Bourcier, Romain, Hostettler, Isabel C., Alg, Varinder S., van Eijk, Kristel R., Koido, Masaru, Akiyama, Masato, Terao, Chikashi, Matsuda, Koichi, Walters, Robin G., Lin, Kuang, Li, Liming, Millwood, Iona Y., Chen, Zhengming, Rouleau, Guy A., Zhou, Sirui, Rannikmäe, Kristiina, Sudlow, Cathie L.M., Houlden, Henry, van den Berg, Leonard H., Dina, Christian, Naggara, Olivier, Gentric, Jean-Christophe, Shotar, Eimad, Eugène, François, Desal, Hubert, Winsvold, Bendik S., Børte, Sigrid, Johnsen, Marianne Bakke, Brumpton, Ben M., Sandvei, Marie Søfteland, Willer, Cristen J., Hveem, Kristian, Zwart, John-Anker, Verschuren, W. M. Monique, Friedrich, Christoph M., Hirsch, Sven, Schilling, Sabine, Dauvillier, Jérôme, Martin, Olivier, Martinsen, Amy E, Aamodt, Anne Hege, Skogholt, Anne Heidi, Sandset, Else Charlotte, Kristoffersen, Espen S, Ellekjaer, Hanne, Heuch, Ingrid, Nielsen, Jonas Bille, Hagen, Knut, Fritsche, Lars, Thomas, Laurent F., Pedersen, Linda, Gabrielsen, Maiken E, Vigeland, Maria Dehli, Holmen, Oddgeir, Zhou, Wei, Chen, Junshi, Chen (PI), Zhengming, Clarke, Robert, Collins, Rory, Guo, Yu, Li (PI), Liming, Liu, Depei, Lv, Jun, Peto, Richard, Walters, Robin, Avery, Daniel, Boxall, Ruth, Bennett, Derrick, Chang, Yumei, Chen, Yiping, Du, Huaidong, Gan, Wei, Gilbert, Simon, Hacker, Alex, Hill, Michael, Holmes, Michael, Iona, Andri, Kartsonaki, Christiana, Kerosi, Rene, Kong, Ling, Lancaster, Garry, Lewington, Sarah, McDonnell, John, Millwood, Iona, Nie, Qunhua, Ryder, Paul, Sansome, Sam, Schmidt-Valle, Dan, Sherliker, Paul, Sohoni, Rajani, Stevens, Becky, Turnbull, Iain, Wang, Lin, Wright, Neil, Yang, Ling, Yang, Xiaoming, Yao, Pang, Bian, Zheng, Han, Xiao, Hou, Can, Pei, Pei, Liu, Chao, Yu, Canqing, Pang, Zengchang, Gao, Ruqin, Li, Shanpeng, Wang, Shaojie, Liu, Yongmei, Du, Ranran, Cheng, Liang, Tian, Xiaocao, Zhang, Hua, Zhai, Yaoming, Ning, Feng, Sun, Xiaohui, Li, Feifei, Lv, Silu, Wang, Junzheng, Hou, Wei, Zou, Mingyuan, Yan, Shichun, Zhou, Xue, Yu, Bo, Li, Yanjie, Xu, Qinai, Kang, Quan, Guo, Ziyan, Wang, Dan, Hu, Ximin, Chen, Jinyan, Fu, Yan, Wang, Xiaohuan, Weng, Min, Guo, Zhendong, Wu, Shukuan, Li, Yilei, Li, Huimei, Wu, Ming, Zhou, Yonglin, Zhou, Jinyi, Tao, Ran, Yang, Jie, Su, Jian, liu, Fang, Zhang, Jun, Hu, Yihe, Lu, Yan, Ma, Liangcai, Tang, Aiyu, Hua, Yujie, Jin, Jianrong, Liu, Jingchao, Tang, Zhenzhu, Chen, Naying, Huang, Ying, Li, Mingqiang, Meng, Jinhuai, Pan, Rong, Jiang, Qilian, Lan, Jian, Liu, Yun, Wei, Liuping, Zhou, Liyuan, Chen, Ningyu, Wang, Ping, Meng, Fanwen, Qin Sisi Wang, Yulu, Wu, Xianping, Zhang, Ningmei, Chen, Xiaofang, Zhou, Weiwei, Luo, Guojin, Li, Jianguo, Zhong, Xunfu, Liu, Jiaqiu, Sun, Qiang, Ge, Pengfei, Ren, Xiaolan, Dong, Caixia, Zhang, Hui, Mao, Enke, Wang, Xiaoping, Wang, Tao, Zhang, Xi, Zhou, Ding Zhang, Zhou, Gang, Feng, Shixian, Chang, Ling, Fan, Lei, Gao, Yulian, He, Tianyou, Sun, Huarong, He, Pan, Hu, Chen, Zhang, Xukui, Wu, Huifang, Yu, Min, Hu, Ruying, Wang, Hao, Gong, Weiwei, Wang, Meng, Xie, Kaixu, Chen, Lingli, Pan, Dongxia, Gu, Qijun, Huang, Yuelong, Chen, Biyun, Yin, Li, Liu, Huilin, Fu, Zhongxi, Xu, Qiaohua, Xu, Xin, Zhang, Hao, Long, Huajun, Zhang, Libo, Nagai, Akiko, Muto, Kaori, Hirata, Makoto, Morisaki, Takayuki, Yamashita, Yasushi, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Kambara, Yoko, Murakami, Yoshinori, Masumoto, Akihide, Nagayama, Satoshi, Miki, Yoshio, Yoshimori, Kozo, Fujioka, Tomoaki, Takata, Ryo, Yamaji, Ken, Takahashi, Kazuhisa, Asai, Satoshi, Takahashi, Yasuo, Minami, Shiro, Yamaguchi, Hiroki, Koretsune, Yukihiro, Nishizawa, Yasuko, Kodama, Ken, Kutsumi, Hiromu, Suzuki, Takao, Sinozaki, Nobuaki, Murayama, Shigeo, Furukawa, Yoichi, Yamanashi, Yuji, Papagiannaki, Chrisanthi, Piotin, Michel, Trystram, Denis, Edjlali-Goujon, Myriam, Boulouis, Grégoire, Rodriguez, Christine, Hassen, Waghi Ben, Saleme, Suzanna, Mounayer, Charbel, Rouchaud, Aymeric, Levrier, Olivier, Aguettaz, Pierre, Combaz, Xavier, Pasco, Anne, l’Allinec, Vincent, Bintner, Marc, Molho, Marc, Pascale, Gauthier, Chivot, Cyril, Costalat, Vincent, Darganzil, Cyril, Bonafé, Alain, Januel, Anne Christine, Michelozzi, Caterina, Cognard, Christophe, Bonneville, Fabrice, Tall, Philippe, Darcourt, Jean, Biondi, Alessandra, Iosif, Cristina, Ferre, Jean Christophe, Gauvrit, Jean Yves, Eugene, François, Raoult, Hélène, Gentric, Jean Christophe, Ognard, Julien, Anxionnat, René, Gory, Benjamin, Bracard, Serge, Derelle, Anne Laure, Tonnelet, Romain, Spelle, Laurent, Ikka, Léon, Ozanne, Augustin, Gallas, Sophie, Caroff, Jildaz, Achour, Nidal Ben, Moret, Jacques, Chabert, Emmanuel, Berge, Jérôme, Marnat, Gaultier, Barreau, Xavier, Gariel, Florent, Clarencon, Frédéric, Aggour, Mohammed, Ricolfi, Frédéric, Chavent, Adrien, Thouant, Pierre, Lebidinsky, Pablo, Lemogne, Brivael, Herbreteau, Denis, Bibi, Richard, Janot, Kevin, Pierot, Laurent, Soize, Sébastien, Labeyrie, Marc Antoine, Vandendries, Christophe, Kazemi, Appoline, Leclerc, Xavier, Pruvo, Jean Pierre, Bricout, Nicolas, Velasco, Stéphane, Boucebci, Samy, Lemmens, Robin, Pandolfo, Massimo, Bodenant, Marie, Louillet, Fabien, Mas, Jean-Louis, Deltour, Sandrine, Leder, Sara, Léger, Anne, Canaple, Sandrine, Godefroy, Olivier, Giroud, Maurice, Jacquin, Agnès, Moulin, Thierry, Vuillier, Fabrice, Tzourio, Christophe, Santos, Michael Dos, Malik, Rainer, Hausser, Ingrid, Thomas-Feles, Constanze, Weber, Ralf, Grond-Ginsbach, Caspar, Hacke, Werner, Giossi, Alessia, Volonghi, Irene, Costa, Paolo, del Zotto, Elisabetta, Morotti, Andrea, Poli, Loris, Muiesan, Maria Lorenza, Salvetti, Massimo, Rosei, Enrico Agabiti, Lanfranconi, Silvia, Baron, Pierluigi, Ferrarese, Carlo, Susani, Emanuela, 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Lawrence, Siddiqi, Saima, Wu, Jer-Yuarn, Ko, Tai-Ming, Bione, Silvia, Jood, Katarina, Tatlisumak, Turgut, Arauz, Antonio, Korostynski, Michal, Launer, Lenore, Yue, Suo, bersano, anna, Juchniewicz, Karol Józef, Mateusz, Adamski, Pera, Joanna, Wnuk, Marcin, Levi, Christopher, Gusdon, Aaron, Kostulas, Konstantinos, Maxwell, Jessye, Duering, Marco, Jagiella, Jeremiasz, Hata, Jun, Ninomiya, Toshiharu, Nguyen, Vinh, Thorarinsson, Bjorn Logi, Lee, Tsong-Hai, Rakitko, Alexandr, Dichgans, Martin, Lindgren, Arne, Wasselius, Johan, Drake, Mattias, Stenman, Martin, Ilinca, Andreea, Staals, Julie, Sadr-Nabavi, Ariane, Crawford, Katherine, Lena, Umme, Mateen, Farrah, Ay, Hakan, Wu, Ona, Schirmer, Markus, Romero, Javier, Cramer, Steve, Golland, Polina, Mueller, Bertram, Brown, Robert, Meschia, James, Ross, Owen A., Pare, Guillaume, Chong, Mike, mansour, Ossama yassin, Karaszewski, Bartosz, Enzinger, Christian, Schmidt, Reinhold, Seiler, Stephan, Pichler, Alexander, Ovbiagele, Bruce, Yamada, Yoshiji, Rundek, Tatjana, Blanton, Susan, P, John, Chern, Joseph, O'Donnell, Chris, Corriveau, Roderick, Bhattacharya, Pallab, Gwinn, Katrina, CHANDRA, BHARATENDU, Chen, Christopher, Kalaria, Raj, Koenig, Jim, Singh, Om Prakash, Olugbodi, Akintomi, Giralt, Eva, Saleheen, Danish, de Leeuw, Frank-Erik, Klijn, Karin, Olesen, Jes, Kubo, Michiaki, Spence, David, Pedersen, Annie, Olsson, Maja, Martín, Juan José, Braga, Gabriel, Xu, Huichun, Assimes, Tim, Raskurazhev, Anton, Lee, Wei Ling, Burri, Philippe, Frid, Petrea, GmbH, Heilbronn, Deng, Zhen, Habibi-koolaee, Mahdi, Vijayan, Murali, Leung, Thomas, Wong, Lawrence, Mok, Vincent, Choy, Richard, Jern, Christina, Lebedeva, Elena, Farrall, Martin, Jiayuan, Xu, Loo, Keat Wei, Rinkel, Gabriel, Magnus, Rudolf, Goncalves, Anderson, Franca, Paulo, Cendes, Iscia, Carrera, Caty, Fernandez-Cadenas, Israel, Kim, Helen, Rolfs, Arndt, Owolabi, Mayowa, Bakker, Mark, Ruigrok, Ynte, Hauer, Allard, Pulit, Sara L., Algra, Ale, van der Laan, Sander W., Macleod, Mary, Howard, George, Tiwari, Hemant, Irvin, Ryan, Albright, Karen C., Perry, Rodney, Kidwell, Chelsea, Pavlovic, Aleksandra, Sargurupremraj, Murali, Schilling, Sabrina, Pezzini, Alessandro, Abd-Allah, Foad, DeCarli, Charles, Liebeskind, David, Traylor, Matthew, Tan, Rhea, Danesh, John, Larsson, Susanna C., Rutten, Loes, Donatti, Amanda, Avelar, Wagner, Broderick, Joseph, Woo, Daniel, Kissela, Brett, Ibenez, Laura Garcia, Salman, Rustam, Sudlow, Cathie, McDonough, Caitrin Wheeler, Silliman, Scott, Magvanjav, Oyunbileg, van Agtmael, Tom, Walters, Matthew, Lorentzen, Erik, Stanne, Tara, Olsson, Martina, Nakagawa, Kazuma, Akinyemi, Rufus, Cotlatciuc, Ioana, O'Connell, Jeff, Sparks, Mary, Sorkin, John, Dave, Tushar, Naylor, Jill, Brown, Devin, Du, Rose, Kulik, Tobias B., Attia, John, Faber, James E, Rothwell, Peter, Márquez, Elsa Valdés, Mancuso, Michelangelo, Souza, Doralina Brum, de Silva, Ranil, Vibo, Riina, Korv, Janika, Maguire, Jane, Fornage, Myriam, Illoh, Kachikwu, Milewicz, Dianna, Majersik, Jennifer, DeHavenon, Adam, Kalani, Yashar, Alexander, Matthew, Cushman, Mary, Sale, Michele, Owens, Debra, Keene, Keith, Rich, Stephe, Psaty, Bruce, Longstreth, Will, Atadzhanov, Masharip, Wolfe, Stacey Quintero, Langefeld, Carl, Bushnell, Cheryl, Cruchaga, Carlos, Konrad, Jan, Liu, Junfeng, Sheth, Kevin, Falcone, Guido, Donahue J, Kathleen, Jones, Gregory T., Bown, Matthew J., Ko, Nerissa U., Coleman, Jonathan R.I., Breen, Gerome, Zaroff, Jonathan G., Klijn, Catharina J.M., Sargurupremraj, Muralidharan, Amouyel, Philippe, Debette, Stéphanie, Rinkel, Gabriel J.E., Worrall, Bradford B., Slowik, Agnieszka, Gaál-Paavola, Emilia I., Niemelä, Mika, Jääskeläinen, Juha E., von Und Zu Fraunberg, Mikael, Lindgren, Antti, Broderick, Joseph P., Werring, David J., Redon, Richard, Veldink, Jan H., Ruigrok, Ynte M., Stroke, HUNT All-In, Group, China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative, Consortium, BioBank Japan Project, Group, ICAN Study, Group, CADISP, investigators, Genetics and Observational Subarachnoid Haemorrhage (GOSH) Study, (ISGC), International Stroke Genetics Consortium, Morel, Sandrine, and Bijlenga, Philippe Alexandre Pierre

Subjects
genetics [Blood Pressure], Medizin, Genome-wide association study, Blood Pressure, Disease, ddc:616.07, Bioinformatics, 616: Innere Medizin und Krankheiten, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, physiopathology [Hypertension], genetics [Genetic Predisposition to Disease], Genetic risk factor, Stroke, 0303 health sciences, Smoking, genetics [Smoking], genetics [Intracranial Aneurysm], Disorders of movement Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience [Radboudumc 3], Cerebrovascular disorder, 3. Good health, genetics [European Continental Ancestry Group], Hypertension, genetics [Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide], Subarachnoid hemorrhage, pathology [Intracranial Aneurysm], genetics [White People], Biology, Genetic correlation, pathology [Endothelial Cells], Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Article, White People, 03 medical and health sciences, Aneurysm, Asian People, ddc:570, Genetics, medicine, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, cardiovascular diseases, 030304 developmental biology, genetics [Subarachnoid Hemorrhage], genetics [Asian Continental Ancestry Group], 572: Biochemie, genetics [Asian People], pathology [Subarachnoid Hemorrhage], adverse effects [Smoking], Endothelial Cells, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, medicine.disease, Intracranial aneurysm, Genetic architecture, ddc:616.8, Case-Control Studies, genetics [Hypertension], 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

An author correction to this article published in December 2020 is available at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-020-00760-4. Rupture of an intracranial aneurysm leads to subarachnoid hemorrhage, a severe type of stroke. To discover new risk loci and the genetic architecture of intracranial aneurysms, we performed a cross-ancestry, genome-wide association study in 10,754 cases and 306,882 controls of European and East Asian ancestry. We discovered 17 risk loci, 11 of which are new. We reveal a polygenic architecture and explain over half of the disease heritability. We show a high genetic correlation between ruptured and unruptured intracranial aneurysms. We also find a suggestive role for endothelial cells by using gene mapping and heritability enrichment. Drug-target enrichment shows pleiotropy between intracranial aneurysms and antiepileptic and sex hormone drugs, providing insights into intracranial aneurysm pathophysiology. Finally, genetic risks for smoking and high blood pressure, the two main clinical risk factors, play important roles in intracranial aneurysm risk, and drive most of the genetic correlation between intracranial aneurysms and other cerebrovascular traits.

Published
2021

6. Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Identifies Four New Disease-Specific Risk Loci

Author

Jones, Gregory T., Tromp, Gerard, Kuivaniemi, Helena, Gretarsdottir, Solveig, Baas, Annette F., Giusti, Betti, Strauss, Ewa, van't Hof, Femke N. G., Webb, Thomas R., Erdman, Robert, Ritchie, Marylyn D., Elmore, James R., Verma, Anurag, Pendergrass, Sarah A, Kullo, Iftikhar J., Zy, Zi Ye, Peissig, Peggy L., Gottesman, Omri, Verma, Shefali S., Malinowski, Jennifer, Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura J., Borthwick, Kenneth M., Smelser, Diane T., Crosslin, David R, de Andrade, Mariza, Ryer, Evan J., McCarty, Catherine A., Bottinger, Erwin P., Pacheco, Jennifer A., Crawford, Dana C., Carrell, David S, Gerhard, Glenn S., Franklin, David P., Carey, David J., Phillips, Victoria L., Williams, Michael J. A., Wei, Wenhua, Blair, Ross, Hill, Andrew A., Vasudevan, Thodor M., Lewis, David R., Thomson, Ian A., Krysa, Jo, Hill, Geraldine B., Roake, Justin, Merriman, Tony R., Oszkinis, Grzegorz, Galora, Silvia, Wijmenga, Cisca, Zeebregts, Clark J., Groningen Institute for Gastro Intestinal Genetics and Immunology (3GI), Department of Health and Life Sciences, Man, Biomaterials and Microbes (MBM), and Vascular Ageing Programme (VAP)

Subjects
aortic aneurysm, abdominal, genome-wide association study, SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCI, ELECTRONIC MEDICAL-RECORDS, matrix metalloproteinases, HUMAN PREFRONTAL CORTEX, C-REACTIVE PROTEIN, meta-analysis, TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, computational biology, DENSITY-LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL, SEQUENCE VARIANT, RECEPTOR-RELATED PROTEIN-1, cardiovascular system, CANDIDATE GENE ASSOCIATION, CORONARY-ARTERY-DISEASE, genetics, cardiovascular diseases
Abstract

Rationale: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a complex disease with both genetic and environmental risk factors. Together, 6 previously identified risk loci only explain a small proportion of the heritability of AAA. Objective: To identify additional AAA risk loci using data from all available genome-wide association studies. Methods and Results: Through a meta-analysis of 6 genome-wide association study data sets and a validation study totaling 10 204 cases and 107 766 controls, we identified 4 new AAA risk loci: 1q32.3 (SMYD2), 13q12.11 (LINC00540), 20q13.12 (near PCIF1/MMP9/ZNF335), and 21q22.2 (ERG). In various database searches, we observed no new associations between the lead AAA single nucleotide polymorphisms and coronary artery disease, blood pressure, lipids, or diabetes mellitus. Network analyses identified ERG, IL6R, and LDLR as modifiers of MMP9, with a direct interaction between ERG and MMP9. Conclusions: The 4 new risk loci for AAA seem to be specific for AAA compared with other cardiovascular diseases and related traits suggesting that traditional cardiovascular risk factor management may only have limited value in preventing the progression of aneurysmal disease.

Published
2017

7. Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Identifies Four New Disease-Specific Risk Loci

Author

Jones, Gregory T, Tromp, Gerard, Kuivaniemi, Helena, Gretarsdottir, Solveig, Baas, Annette F, Giusti, Betti, Strauss, Ewa, van 't Hof, Femke N, Webb, Thomas, Erdman, Robert, Lindholt, Jes S., and Folkersen, Lasse

Subjects
Meta-analysis, Bioinformatics tools, Matrix metalloproteinases, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, cardiovascular system, Genetics, Abdominal aortic aneurysm, cardiovascular diseases, Genome-wide association studies
Abstract

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a complex disease with both genetic and environmental risk factors. Together, 6 previously identified risk loci only explain a small proportion of the heritability of AAA. To identify additional AAA risk loci using data from all available genome-wide association studies (GWAS). Through a meta-analysis of 6 GWAS datasets and a validation study totalling 10,204 cases and 107,766 controls we identified 4 new AAA risk loci: 1q32.3 (SMYD2), 13q12.11 (LINC00540), 20q13.12 (near PCIF1/MMP9/ZNF335), and 21q22.2 (ERG). In various database searches we observed no new associations between the lead AAA SNPs and coronary artery disease, blood pressure, lipids or diabetes. Network analyses identified ERG, IL6R and LDLR as modifiers of MMP9, with a direct interaction between ERG and MMP9. The 4 new risk loci for AAA appear to be specific for AAA compared with other cardiovascular diseases and related traits suggesting that traditional cardiovascular risk factor management may only have limited value in preventing the progression of aneurysmal disease.

Published
2017

8. Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Identifies Four New Disease-Specific Risk Loci

Author

Jones, Gregory T, Tromp, Gerard, Kuivaniemi, Helena, Gretarsdottir, Solveig, Baas, Annette F, Giusti, Betti, Strauss, Ewa, Van't Hof, Femke N G, Webb, Thomas R, Erdman, Robert, Ritchie, Marylyn D, Elmore, James R, Verma, Anurag, Pendergrass, Sarah, Kullo, Iftikhar J, Ye, Zi, Peissig, Peggy L, Gottesman, Omri, Verma, Shefali S, Malinowski, Jennifer, Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura J, Borthwick, Kenneth M, Smelser, Diane T, Crosslin, David R, de Andrade, Mariza, Ryer, Evan J, McCarty, Catherine A, Böttinger, Erwin P, Pacheco, Jennifer A, Crawford, Dana C, Carrell, David S, Gerhard, Glenn S, Franklin, David P, Carey, David J, Phillips, Victoria L, Williams, Michael J A, Wei, Wenhua, Blair, Ross, Hill, Andrew A, Vasudevan, Thodor M, Lewis, David R, Thomson, Ian A, Krysa, Jo, Hill, Geraldine B, Roake, Justin, Merriman, Tony R, Oszkinis, Grzegorz, Galora, Silvia, Saracini, Claudia, Abbate, Rosanna, Pulli, Raffaele, Pratesi, Carlo, Saratzis, Athanasios, Verissimo, Ana R, Bumpstead, Suzannah, Badger, Stephen A, Clough, Rachel E, Cockerill, Gillian, Hafez, Hany, Scott, D Julian A, Futers, T Simon, Romaine, Simon P R, Bridge, Katherine, Griffin, Kathryn J, Bailey, Marc A, Smith, Alberto, Thompson, Matthew M, van Bockxmeer, Frank M, Matthiasson, Stefan E, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Blankensteijn, Jan D, Teijink, Joep A W, Wijmenga, Cisca, de Graaf, Jacqueline, Kiemeney, Lambertus A, Lindholt, Jes S, Hughes, Anne, Bradley, Declan T, Stirrups, Kathleen, Golledge, Jonathan, Norman, Paul E, Powell, Janet T, Humphries, Steve E, Hamby, Stephen E, Goodall, Alison H, Nelson, Christopher P, Sakalihasan, Natzi, Courtois, Audrey, Ferrell, Robert E, Eriksson, Per, Folkersen, Lasse, Franco-Cereceda, Anders, Eicher, John D, Johnson, Andrew D, Betsholtz, Christer, Ruusalepp, Arno, Franzén, Oscar, Schadt, Eric E, Björkegren, Johan L M, Lipovich, Leonard, Drolet, Anne M, Verhoeven, Eric L, Zeebregts, Clark J, Geelkerken, Robert H, van Sambeek, Marc R, van Sterkenburg, Steven M, de Vries, J.P.P.M., Stefansson, Kari, Thompson, John R, de Bakker, Paul I W, Deloukas, Panos, Sayers, Robert D, Harrison, Seamus C, van Rij, Andre M, Samani, Nilesh J, Bown, Matthew J, Surgery, ICaR - Ischemia and repair, ACS - Microcirculation, and ACS - Atherosclerosis & ischemic syndromes

Subjects
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems, aortic aneurysm abdominal, computational biology, Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems, genetics, Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal/diagnosis, genome-wide association study, matrix metalloproteinases, meta-analysis, Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal, Genetic Loci, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genetic Variation, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Physiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Kardiologi, Hematology, C-REACTIVE PROTEIN, TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, Genetic Variation/genetics, DENSITY-LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL, Genetic Loci/genetics, Genome-Wide Association Study/methods, ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING, abdominal, cardiovascular system, CORONARY-ARTERY-DISEASE, aortic aneurysm, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, aortic aneurysm, abdominal, SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCI, 1102 Cardiovascular Medicine And Haematology, Article, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Genetic Predisposition to Disease/epidemiology, Journal Article, CANDIDATE GENE ASSOCIATION, Hematologi, cardiovascular diseases, Science & Technology, genome-wide association study ■ matrix metalloproteinases, ELECTRONIC MEDICAL-RECORDS, HUMAN PREFRONTAL CORTEX, 1103 Clinical Sciences, Atherosclerosis, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Cardiovascular System & Hematology, SEQUENCE VARIANT, RECEPTOR-RELATED PROTEIN-1, Cardiovascular System & Cardiology, Clinical Track
Abstract

Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text., Rationale: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a complex disease with both genetic and environmental risk factors. Together, 6 previously identified risk loci only explain a small proportion of the heritability of AAA. Objective: To identify additional AAA risk loci using data from all available genome-wide association studies. Methods and Results: Through a meta-analysis of 6 genome-wide association study data sets and a validation study totaling 10 204 cases and 107 766 controls, we identified 4 new AAA risk loci: 1q32.3 (SMYD2), 13q12.11 (LINC00540), 20q13.12 (near PCIF1/MMP9/ZNF335), and 21q22.2 (ERG). In various database searches, we observed no new associations between the lead AAA single nucleotide polymorphisms and coronary artery disease, blood pressure, lipids, or diabetes mellitus. Network analyses identified ERG, IL6R, and LDLR as modifiers of MMP9, with a direct interaction between ERG and MMP9. Conclusions: The 4 new risk loci for AAA seem to be specific for AAA compared with other cardiovascular diseases and related traits suggesting that traditional cardiovascular risk factor management may only have limited value in preventing the progression of aneurysmal disease.

Published
2016

9. DNA methylation profiling identifies a high effect genetic variant for lipoprotein(a) levels.

Author

Jones, Gregory T., Marsman, Judith, Bhat, Basharat, Phillips, Victoria L., Chatterjee, Aniruddha, Rodger, Euan J., Williams, Michael J. A., van Rij, André M., and McCormick, Sally P. A.

Subjects
DNA methylation, LIPOPROTEINS, BLOOD lipids, TRIGLYCERIDES, CARDIOVASCULAR diseases, SINGLE nucleotide polymorphisms
Abstract

Changes in whole blood DNA methylation levels at several CpG sites have been associated with circulating blood lipids, specifically high-density lipoprotein and triglycerides. This study performs a discovery and validation epigenome-wide association study (EWAS) for circulating lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)], an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Whole-blood DNA methylation profiles were assessed in a cohort of 1020 elderly individuals using the Illumina EPIC array and independent validation in 359 elderly males using the Illumina 450 k array. Plasma Lp(a) was measured using an apolipoprotein(a)-size-independent ELISA. Epigenome-wide rank regression analysis identified and validated a single CpG site, cg17028067 located in intron 1 of the LPA gene, that was significantly associated with plasma Lp(a) levels after correction for multiple testing. Genotyping of the site identified a relatively uncommon SNP (rs76735376, MAF <0.02) at the CpG site that largely explained the observed methylation effect. Rs76735376 is an expression quantitative trait loci for the LPA gene and could affect expression by altering enhancer activity. This EWAS for plasma Lp(a) identified a single CpG site within LPA. This association is due to an uncommon, but highly effective genetic variant, which was not in significant linkage disequilibrium with other variants known to influence Lp(a) levels or apo(a) isoform size. This study highlights the utility of CpG site methylation to identify potentially important genetic associations that would not be readily apparent in a comparable size genetic association study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2020
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10. Down-regulation of proangiogenic microRNA-126 andmicroRNA-132 are early modulators of diabetic cardiac microangiopathy.

Author

Rawal, Shruti, Munasinghe, Pujika Emani, Shindikar, Amol, Paulin, Jono, Cameron, Vicky, Manning, Patrick, Williams, Michael J. A., Jones, Gregory T., Bunton, Richard, Galvin, Ivor, and Katare, Rajesh

Subjects
DOWNREGULATION, NEOVASCULARIZATION, MICRORNA, DIABETIC cardiomyopathy, CARDIOVASCULAR diseases, ENDOTHELIAL cells
Abstract

Aim: Microangiopathy due to endothelial dysfunction is a major contributing factor to the development of diabetesinduced cardiovascular disease (CVD). Dysregulation of endothelial-specific microRNAs (miRs) is correlated with impaired angiogenesis and cell survival. We investigated the profile of two angiomiRs, miR-126, and miR-132, in the plasma of type 2 diabetic individuals without any known history of CVD as well as in the cardiac tissues collected from diabetics undergoing cardiac surgery. Methods and results: The presence of diabetes alone significantly decreased both angiomiRs in the plasma and the myocardium. The down-regulation of angiomiRs was also associated with reduced capillaries and arterioles and increased endothelial cell apoptosis, the hallmark of microangiopathy. Importantly, a time course study in a type 2 diabetic mouse model confirmed that the down-regulation of angiomiRs preceded endothelial apoptosis as well as alterations in the density of the microvasculature. Finally, therapeutic overexpression of both angiomiRs in diabetic aortic rings and human umbilical vein endothelial cells exposed to high glucose (HG) abrogated the deleterious effects of diabetes and HG on cell survival and proliferation and restored their angiogenic potential. Conclusions: These novel findings demonstrate that the down-regulation of angiomiRs is a major underlying mechanism for the development of microangiopathy in diabetic hearts. Therefore, therapeutic restoration of angiomiRs could become a potential approach to combat the cardiovascular complications of diabetes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2017
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11. Cardiovascular Protective Effects of Synthetic Isoflavone Derivatives in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice.

Author

Fan Jiang, Jones, Gregory T., Husband, Alan J., and Dusting, Gregory J.

Subjects
*FLAVONOIDS, *CARDIOVASCULAR diseases, *ISOFLAVONES, *HIGH density lipoproteins, *AORTA, *METABOLITES
Abstract

Dietary flavonoids are thought to protect against cardiovascular disease. We have studied the effects of bioactive isoflavone metabolites on hyperlipidemia, endothelial dysfunction and the development of atherosclerotic lesions in apolipoprotein E-deficient (apoE[sup0]) mice fed a Western high-fat diet. Supplementation with dihydro-daidzein (DiD), dehydroequol (DeE) (both 25 mg kg[sup-1] · day[sup-1] ) and their combination (D/D; 12.5 mg kg[sup-1] · day[sup-1] for each) for 24 weeks reduced plasma high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and non-HDL cholesterol. D/D also reduced the triglyceride level. In the abdominal aorta of apoE[sup0] mice, these compounds significantly increased endothelial nitric oxide (NO)-mediated vasorelaxations induced by acetylcholine, but had a minor effect on relaxations induced by the NO donor S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine. Isoflavone treatment for 24 weeks had no effect on the total area of atherosclerotic plaques in the whole aorta, but DeE reduced the plaque thickness in the aortic arch by 29%, although this did not reach statistical significance. The endothelial dysfunction in apoE[sup0] mice is associated with hyperlipidemia and increased vascular oxidative stress measured as increased superoxide production. Both isoflavones have superoxide-scavenging activities in vitro. We suggest that chronic supplementation with bioactive isoflavone metabolites may protect endothelial NO function in apoE 0 mice, through both lipid-lowering and antioxidant actions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2003
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12. Inpatient Glycemic Variability and Long-Term Mortality in Hospitalized Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.

Author

Timmons, Joseph G., Cunningham, Scott G., Sainsbury, Christopher A.R., and Jones, Gregory C.

Subjects
*BLOOD sugar analysis, *CARDIOVASCULAR disease prevention, *DIABETES complications, *HYPERGLYCEMIA prevention, *HYPOGLYCEMIA, *TYPE 2 diabetes treatment, *TYPE 2 diabetes complications, *CARDIOVASCULAR diseases, *COMBINED modality therapy, *COMPARATIVE studies, *DIABETIC angiopathies, *HOSPITAL care, *LONGITUDINAL method, *RESEARCH methodology, *MEDICAL cooperation, *MORTALITY, *TYPE 2 diabetes, *RESEARCH, *SURVIVAL analysis (Biometry), *EVALUATION research, *ACQUISITION of data, *RETROSPECTIVE studies, *CASE-control method, *DIABETIC cardiomyopathy, *DISEASE complications, *PREVENTION, CARDIOVASCULAR disease related mortality
Abstract

Aims/hypothesis: To determine the association between inpatient glycemic variability and long-term mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Methods: Capillary blood glucose (CBG) of inpatients from 8 hospitals was analysed. 28,353 admissions identified were matched for age, duration of diabetes and admission and median and interquartile range of CBG. 6year mortality was investigated for (i) those with CBG IQR in the top half of all IQR measurements (matched for all except IQR), vs those in the lower half and (ii) those with the lowest quartile median glucose (matched for all except median).Results: CONCLUSION: Higher inpatient glycemic variability is associated with increased mortality on long-term follow up. When matched by IQR, we have demonstrated higher median CBG is associated with lower long-term mortality. CBG variability may increase cardiovascular morbidity by increasing exposure to hypoglycaemia or to variability per se. In hospitalized patients with diabetes, glycemic variability should be minimised and when greater CBG variability is unavoidable, a less stringent CBG target considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2017
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