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Mechanisms by Which Arachidonic acid Metabolite, Epoxyeicosatrienoic acid Elicit Cardioprotection Against Ischemic Reperfusion Injury
DownloadFall 2011
Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) are cytochrome P450 epoxygenase metabolites of arachidonic acid that have cardioprotective properties but the exact mechanism(s) remains unknown. Evidence suggests phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) and plasma membraneATP-sensitive potassium channels (pmKATP) are...
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Fall 2012
Ischemic heart disease remains a major cause of illness, disability and death worldwide, as such there remains a need for novel pharmacological agents that protect against myocardial ischemia reperfusion (I/R) injury. Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) are cytochrome P450 (CYP) epoxygenase...
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Spring 2014
Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EET) are cytochrome P450 epoxygenase metabolites of arachidonic acid. Evidence shows that they mediate protective effects in the cardiovascular system promoting cell survival. In this thesis, the major focus was to investigate if and how EETs regulate autophagy in...
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Spring 2016
Mitochondria are at the center of cardiac health and disease. These vital organelles provide most of the energy to the contractile apparatus and play a strategic role in cardiomyocyte survival during cellular stress. Cardiovascular diseases and many aging related diseases are often associated...
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THE ROLE OF CYTOCHROME P450 AND THEIR ASSOCIATED ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLITES IN THE INITIATION AND PROGRESSION OF CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY
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Heart failure (HF) is the leading cause of mortality and disability in adults worldwide. Cardiac hypertrophy is an independent risk factor and one of the major hallmarks of HF. Research in cardiac hypertrophy is considered as a research into the early events in the development of HF. The...