Background: Erythrocyte deformability is a major determinant of microcirculation in vivo. Although this concept was defined as filterability evaluated by flow-pressure curve constructed during a filtration process of erythrocyte suspension through a nickel mesh filter, the behavi...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2018/44667
Aims: Atherosclerosis is associated with oxidative stress and fatty acid composition plays a critical role in vascular endothelial dysfunction and injury leading to the coronary atherosclerotic progression. However, the correlation between the fatty acid profile and coronary athe...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2020/v9i230132
Aims: Hemorheologic and microvascular dysfunction are interdependent in type 2 diabetic patients. However, exact mechanisms explaining this interaction remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the impairment of erythrocyte deformability under concurrent recording of elect...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2020/v9i130127
Takeshi Arita, Taku Yokoyama, Shohei Moriyama, Kei Irie, Mitsuhiro Fukata, Keita Odashiro, Toru Maruyama, Seira Hazeyama, Shiro Mawatari, Takehiko Fujino & Koichi Akashi·Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal·2018
Aims: Plasmalogens are unique phospholipid of biological membrane and is considered to play a potent role of intrinsic antioxidant. Atherosclerosis is associated with oxidative stress, but the correlation between plasmalogens and atherosclerosis is debatable. Therefore, this stud...