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Continuous positive airway pressure therapy improves vascular dysfunction and decreases oxidative stress in patients with the metabolic syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea syndromeJun ichi Oyama
Department of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Geriatric Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital at Beppu and Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Oita, Japan
Clin Cardiol 35:231-6. 2012..Therefore, nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy may have beneficial effects in patients with the MetS and OSAS...
Green tea catechins improve human forearm vascular function and have potent anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic effects in smokersJun ichi Oyama
Department of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Geriatric Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Beppu
Intern Med 49:2553-9. 2010..Green tea catechins may improve peripheral endothelial dysfunction in smokers. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the beneficial effect of green tea catechins on the repair of endothelial dysfunction in smokers...
Scavenging free radicals improves endothelial dysfunction in human coronary arteries in vivoJun ichi Oyama
Department of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Geriatric Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital at Beppu and Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Oita, Japan
Heart Vessels 25:379-85. 2010..Therefore, the current results suggest that scavenging free radicals has a beneficial effect for patients with coronary endothelial dysfunction...
Green tea catechins improve human forearm endothelial dysfunction and have antiatherosclerotic effects in smokersJun ichi Oyama
Department of Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Geriatric Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital at Beppu and Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Japan
Circ J 74:578-88. 2010..Because green tea reduces cardiovascular and cerebrovascular risk, the purpose of this study aimed to elucidate the effect of green tea catechins (GTC) on endothelial dysfunction in smokers...
The physical ability of elderly female Japanese patients with cerebrovascular disease correlates with telomere length in their peripheral blood leukocytesToyoki Maeda
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Oita, 874 0838, Japan
Aging Clin Exp Res 23:22-8. 2011..However, correlations between telomere length in peripheral blood leukocytes and patients' physical ability are not known...
Antioxidant therapy attenuates myocardial telomerase activity reduction in superoxide dismutase-deficient miceNaoki Makino
Division of Molecular and Clinical Gerontology, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Beppu 874 0838, Japan
J Mol Cell Cardiol 50:670-7. 2011..Telomerase may therefore play a pivotal role in antioxidant defense mechanisms, and may be useful as a novel therapeutic tool for treating human heart failure...
Change in the telomere length distribution with age in the Japanese populationJing Zhi Guan
Division of Molecular and Clinical Gerontology, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Kyushu University, 4546 Tsurumihara, Beppu, Oita 874 0838, Japan
Mol Cell Biochem 304:353-60. 2007..This contrast implies a drastic change around the age of 50 of unknown factors that affect telomere attrition...
An analysis of telomere length in sarcoidosisJing Zhi Guan
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Oita, Japan
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 62:1199-203. 2007..These findings suggest the occurrence of age-advanced changes in telomere length in patients with sarcoidosis, regardless of the patient age at the onset of sarcoidosis...
The physical ability of Japanese female elderly with cerebrovascular disease correlates with the telomere length and subtelomeric methylation status in their peripheral blood leukocytesToyoki Maeda
Division of Molecular and Clinical Gerontology, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Kyushu University, Oita, Japan
Gerontology 57:137-43. 2011..However, the correlation between the telomeric parameters and patients' physical ability is not known...
Beneficial effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition on sarcoplasmic reticulum function in the failing heart of the Dahl ratShinji Satoh
Department of Bioclimatology and Medicine, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Japan
Circ J 67:705-11. 2003....
Age-related changes in subtelomeric methylation in the normal Japanese populationToyoki Maeda
Division of Molecular and Clinical Gerontology, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 4546 Tsurumihara, Beppu, Oita 874 0838, Japan
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 64:426-34. 2009..The telomeres of somatic cells become shorter with individual aging. However, no significant change in subtelomeric methylation of somatic cells with aging has yet been reported...
Aging-related alterations of subtelomeric methylation in sarcoidosis patientsToyoki Maeda
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Tsurumihara, Beppu, Oita, Japan
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 64:752-60. 2009..This altered subtelomeric hypomethylation may correspond to the accelerated telomere shortening in sarcoidosis. This also means that the subtelomeric hypomethylation can be also influenced by certain disease conditions...
The correlation between clinical laboratory data and telomeric status of male patients with metabolic disorders and no clinical history of vascular eventsToyoki Maeda
The Division of Molecular and Clinical Gerontology, The Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Beppu, Oita, 874 0838, Japan
Aging Male 14:21-6. 2011..Lowered serum bilirubin and creatinine phosphokinase level correlated to genomic aging represented by telomere attrition of patients with metabolic disorders...
A percentage analysis of the telomere length in Parkinson's disease patientsJing Zhi Guan
Division of Molecular and Clinical Gerontology, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 63:467-73. 2008..1 to 9.4 kb in the patients in their 50s and 60s. These observations suggest that telomere shortening is accelerated in PD patients in comparison to the normal population...
Improving insulin sensitivity via activation of PPAR-gamma increases telomerase activity in the heart of OLETF ratsNaoki Makino
Division of Molecular and Clinical Gerontology, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 4546 Tsurumihara, Beppu 874 0838, Japan
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297:H2188-95. 2009....
Local delivery of soluble TNF-alpha receptor 1 gene reduces infarct size following ischemia/reperfusion injury in ratsMasahiro Sugano
Division of Molecular and Clinical Gerontology, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Tsurumihara, Beppu, Oita, Japan
Mol Cell Biochem 266:127-32. 2004..Suppression of TNF-alpha bioactivity with the sTNFR1 plasmid reduced the infarct size in AMI following ischemia and reperfusion...
Transient receptor potential (TRP) protein 7 acts as a G protein-activated Ca2+ channel mediating angiotensin II-induced myocardial apoptosisShinji Satoh
Division of Molecular and Clinical Gerontology, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 4546 Tsurumihara, Beppu, 874 0838, Japan
Mol Cell Biochem 294:205-15. 2007..TRPC7 might be a key initiator linking AT1-activation to myocardial apoptosis, and thereby contributing to the process of heart failure...
Aging-associated alteration of subtelomeric methylation in Parkinson's diseaseToyoki Maeda
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular and Clinical Gerontology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 4546 Tsurumihara, Beppu, Oita 874 0838, Japan
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 64:949-55. 2009..The correlation between the telomeric attrition and the subtelomeric methylated state in PD is herein discussed...
Oleic acid-induced ADRP expression requires both AP-1 and PPAR response elements, and is reduced by Pycnogenol through mRNA degradation in NMuLi liver cellsBin Fan
Division of Clinical Immunology, Department of Immunobiology and Neuroscience, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Beppu 874 0838, Japan
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 297:E112-23. 2009..PYC, a widely used dietary supplement, could be beneficial for the prevention of excessive lipid accumulation such as hepatic steatosis...
