High-pressure processing (HPP) can be used as a nonthermal pasteurization technique to overcome microbial safety issues of the raw ewes’ milk Serra da Estrela cheese without negatively influencing its quality, in particular, lipid composition partly responsible for cheese’s sensorial and textural attributes. The aim this work was assess HPP’s effect (600 MPa/6 min 450 9 min) on qualitative quan...

Mechanotargeting of Atherogenic Endothelium In article number 202300137, Pouria Fattahi, Sulin Zhang, Peter J. Butler, and colleagues provide direct evidence for cell mechanics-based targeting nanoparticles (NPs) to atherogenic endothelium, a drug-delivery strategy termed, mechanotargeting. Microcontact-patterned adhesive islands induce endothelial cells adopt prescribed morphologies that mimic...

New atherosclerosis causative factors and preventive modalities have been identified. Atherogenic factors include lipid oxidation products, such as cholesterol oxidation products, malonaldehyde and other aldehydes; trans-fatty acids; some saturated fatty acids (lauric, myristic and possibly palmitic acids); and myristic acid plus cholesterol. Lipid oxidation products are well suited to induce a...

Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol concentration has been the prime index of cardiovascular disease risk and the main target for therapy. However, several lipoprotein ratios or "atherogenic indices" have been defined in an attempt to optimize the predictive capacity of the lipid profile. In this review, we summarize their pathophysiological aspects, and highlight the rationale for using ...

Previous studies have suggested that aging is associated with progressive arterial stiffness and widening of the pulse pressure, and pulse pressure has been found to be a risk factor of cardiovascular diseases. However, the effects of age, blood pressure (including pulse pressure) or atherogenic factors on thoracic aortic wall stiffness in patients with mild atherosis are unclear, so the presen...

Aqueous and ethanolic leaf extracts of Blighia sapida was assessed for some lipid profile parameters in normal albino rats. Daily administration of the extracts (50 and 100 mg/kg body weight) for 21days showed that the extract significantly (p<0.05) reduced the levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides and LDL-cholesterol in all the treated groups w hen compared with the control. While signifi...

An international panel of the International Atherosclerosis Society has developed a new set of recommendations for management of dyslipidemia. The panel identifies non-high density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C) as the major atherogenic lipoprotein. Primary and secondary prevention are considered separately. Optimal levels for atherogenic lipoproteins are derived for the two forms of preve...