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Vitamin D status and circulating biomarkers of endothelial dysfunction and inflammation in non-diabetic obese individuals: a pilot study
(Archives of Medical Science, 2017)
Introduction: Obesity and inadequate vitamin D status are associated with endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular disease. We evaluated the associations between vitamin D status (i.e. serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin ...
The role of G protein coupled receptor kinases in neurocardiovascular pathophysiology
(Archives of Medical Science, 2012)
In coronary artery disease the G protein related kinases (GRKs) play a role in desensitization of beta-adrenoreceptors (AR) after coronary occlusion. Targeted deletion and lowering of cardiac myocyte GRK-2 decreases the ...
Effects of ghrelin on protein expression of antioxidative enzymes and iNOS in the rat liver
(Archives of Medical Science, 2014)
Introduction: We investigated the effects of ghrelin on protein expression of the liver antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutases (SODs), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), and glutathione reductase (GR), nuclear ...