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Prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors in three populations from Venezuela: the VEMSOLS STUDY 2006-2010

Med. UIS; 31 (1), 2018
Abstract Introduction: No previous studies had reported the prevalence of cardiometabolic diseases various regions of Venezuela. Objective: To determine the prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors in 3 populations of Venezuela. Methods: The VEMSOLS study is a sub-national, cross-sectional, populati...

Overexpression of myeloid differentiation protein 88 in mice induces mild cardiac dysfunction, but no deficit in heart morphology

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 49 (1), 2016
Cardiac remodeling involves changes in heart shape, size, structure, and function after injury to the myocardium. The proinflammatory adaptor protein myeloid differentiation protein 88 (MyD88) contributes to cardiac remodeling. To investigate whether excessive MyD88 levels initiate spontaneous cardiac re...