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Inhibition of proteins activated by nitric oxide reverses aortic aneurysm in Marfan syndrome

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The researchers have demonstrated that silencing or inhibiting the activity of these proteins completely reverses the aortic disease in a mouse model of Marfan Syndrome Credit: CNIC Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CBM-CSIC-UAM) have discovered that the nitric oxide (NO) (..)

Protein 96
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Damage to the heart found in more than half of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospital

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Credit: European Heart Journal Around 50% of patients who have been hospitalised with severe COVID-19 and who show raised levels of a protein called troponin have damage to their hearts.

Protein 98
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High fat diets may over-activate destructive heart disease protein

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Peer Reviewed Experimental Animals Consumption of a high fat diet may be activating a response in the heart that is causing destructive growth and lead to greater risk of heart attacks, according to new research.

Protein 51
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New activity found for CHD7, a protein factor vital in embryonic development

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Mutations in CHD7 cause severe birth defects known as CHARGE syndrome cases, which include severe and life-threatening heart malformations. Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Research by Kai Jiao, M.D.,

Protein 52
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Brain regions with impaired blood flow have higher tau levels

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JNeurosci 2020 In Alzheimer’s disease, impaired blood flow to brain regions coincides with tau protein buildup. and tau protein accumulate as Alzheimer’s disease […]. As Alzheimer’s disease progresses, more brain regions exhibit the relationship Credit: Albrecht et al., Vascular function declines and amyloid-?

Protein 57
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Molecular alteration may be cause — not consequence — of heart failure

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Clinicians and scientists have long observed that cells in overstressed hearts have high levels of the simple sugar O-GlcNAc modifying thousands of proteins within cells.

Protein 40
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New study connects religiosity in US South Asians to cardiovascular disease

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Scientific Reports publishes the first study to analyze the relationships among proteomic signatures, religion and spirituality and risk of developing a clinical condition BOSTON – The Study on Stress, Spirituality and Health (SSSH), a cutting-edge proteomics analysis, suggests that religious beliefs modulate protein expression associated with (..)

Protein 58