2015, Volume 3 - Issue 1

2015, Volume 3 - Issue 1

EDITORIAL


Inflammation between defense and disease: impact on tissue repair and chronic sickness

Elisa A. Liehn*, Hector A. Cabrera-Fuentes**
Read FULL ARTICLE (pdf)  Citation & References  DOI: 10.15190/d.2015.34  Citations: 12  
Corresp. author's affiliation:
* Elisa A. Liehn, MD, PhD, Institute of Molecular Cardiovascular Research, RWTA Aachen, Aachen, Germany; E-mail: eliehn@ukaachen.de;
** Hector A. Cabrera-Fuentes, Ph.D, Institute of Biochemistry, Medical School, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany, E-mail: Hector.A.Cabrera-Fuentes@biochemie.med.uni-giessen.de 
INTERVIEW Article


Discoveries Interview: Professor Christian Weber on the inflammation in cardiovascular diseases

Professor Christian Weber is the Chair in Vascular Medicine and Director of the Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, the Ludwig - Maximilians - University of Munich. He was the founding Director of the Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research in Aachen.

He studied medicine at the Ludwig Maximilians – University (LMU)  of Munich, Germany, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School. He was then awarded a junior research group leader in Vascular Medicine at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University and later was appointed as full-time professor and Head of Molecular Cardiology at the University Hospital of the RWTH Aachen. Professor Weber received numerous awards, such as the W.H. Hauss-Prizethe (German Society of Atherosclerosis Research), the Outstanding Achievement Award 2008 (European Society of Cardiology) and the ATVB Special Recognition Award (American Heart Association). Read More
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ORIGINAL Articles


Defective Fas Expression on Bone Marrow Derived Cells Alters Atherosclerotic Plaque Morphology in Hyperlipidemic Mice

Nobuhiko Kubo, Sara McCurdy, William A. Boisvert*
Read FULL ARTICLE (pdf)  Abstract, Citation & References  DOI: 10.15190/d.2015.29  Citations: 1  PubMed 
Corresp. author's affiliation: * Center for Cardiovascular Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.


REVIEW Articles


NF-κB as a key player in regulation of cellular radiation responses and identification of radiation countermeasures

Vijay Singh, Damodar Gupta* and Rajesh Arora
Read FULL ARTICLE (pdf)  Suppl. Material (pdf)  Abstract, Citation & References DOI: 10.15190/d.2015.27 Citations: 7  
Corresp. author's affiliation: * Division of Radiation Biosciences, Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Delhi, India.


Inflammation markers in cutaneous melanoma - edgy biomarkers for prognosis

M.Neagu*, C. Constantin, G.Dumitrascu, A. Lupu, C. Caruntu, D.Boda, S. Zurac
Read FULL ARTICLE (pdf)  Abstract, Citation & References  DOI: 10.15190/d.2015.30  Citations: 16
Corresp. author's affiliation: * Head of Immunobiology, "Victor Babes" National Institute of Pathology, Romania.


PERSPECTIVE Articles and FOCUSED Reviews


Interleukin-1 in cardiac injury, repair, and remodeling: pathophysiologic and translational concepts

Nikolaos G Frangogiannis*
Read FULL ARTICLE (pdf)  Abstract, Citation & References  DOI: 10.15190/d.2015.33  Citations: 28  PubMed
Corresp. author's affiliation: * Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine, The Wilf Family Cardiovascular Research Institute, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, USA.


Life style, Perfusion deficits and Co-morbidities Precipitate Inflammation and Cerebrovascular Disorders in Aged Subjects

Adriana Uzoni, Ciobanu Ovidiu, Raluca Elena Sandu, Ana Maria Buga, Aurel Popa-Wagner*
Read FULL ARTICLE (pdf)  Abstract, Citation & References  DOI: 10.15190/d.2015.31  Citations: 0  
Corresp. author's affiliation: * Head of the Research Molecular Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine Rostock, Germany.