Biomarkers of endothelial activation/dysfunction in infectious diseases

P 61: MicroRNA as a Therapeutic Tool to Prevent Blood Brain Barrier Dysfunction in Neuroinflammation

Endothelial cells present in brain are unique and differ from other peripheral tissues in a number of ways, which ensures specific brain endothelial barrier properties. Endothelial dysfunction is the earliest event in the initiation of vascular damage caused by inflammation. Various microRNAs (miRNA) have been discovered in different cellular components of the blood bran barrier (BBB). miRNAs a...

HSP Roles as Biomarkers and Antigens in Bacterial and Viral Infections

Diagnosis of infectious diseases remains an important issue in medical science. Identification of biomarkers can be used to predict early infections. Recently, heat shock proteins (HSPs) have been known as the conserved compounds expressed under stress conditions in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems. These proteins act as molecular chaperones. Several studies showed the increased levels o...

Endothelial Progenitor Cell Dysfunction in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Implications for The Genesis of Cardiovascular Diseases

تأثیر اختلالات گلوکز ناشتا روی فاکتورهای عملکرد اندوتلیال و شاخص‌های بیوشیمیایی در بیماران مبتلا به سندرم متابولیک

 Background & Aims: Endothelial dysfunction is found in early steps of atherosclerosis and is related with diseases such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, and insulin resistance. Insulin resistance is related to metabolic abnormalities .We aimed to examine influence of impaired fasting glucose on endothelial function biomarkers and biochemistry biomarkers in metabolic syndrome patients.Materials &...

Relationship between inflammatory markers, endothelial activation markers, and carotid intima-media thickness in HIV-infected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy.

BACKGROUND Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, which may be related to chronic inflammation and endothelial dysfunction despite virological control with antiretroviral therapy. The relationship between carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), a surrogate marker for cardiovascular disease, proinflammatory cytokines, and endothelial a...