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Growth differentiating factor-15 and its association with traditional cardiovascular risk factors: the African-PREDICT study.
(Elsevier, 2020)
Background and aims
Growth differentiating factor-15 (GDF-15) is a stress-induced and cardio-protective cytokine, reported to be influenced by a number of cardiovascular risk factors. In older adults, GDF-15 associated ...
An ethnic comparison of arginine dimethylation and cardiometabolic factors in healthy black and white youth: the ASOS and African-PREDICT studies
(MDPI, 2020)
Proteinic arginine dimethylation (PADiMe) is a major post-translational modification. Proteolysis of asymmetric and symmetric PADiMe products releases asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) and symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA), ...
Von Willebrand factor, its cleaving protease (ADAMTS13), and inflammation in young adults: the African-PREDICT study
(Elsevier, 2020)
Background
The role of inflammation in the early development of vascular dysfunction remains complex. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and C-reactive protein (CRP) can cause an acute imbalance in the von Willebrand factor (vWF)-ADAMTS13 ...
Methylation vs. protein inflammatory biomarkers and their associations with cardiovascular function
(Frontiers Media, 2020)
DNA methylation data can be used to estimate proportions of leukocyte subsets retrospectively, when directly measured cell counts are unavailable. The methylation-derived neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and lymphocyte-to-monocyte ...
Distinct inflammatory mediator patterns in young black and white adults: the African-predict study
(Elsevier, 2020)
Objective
Inflammatory mediators have been implicated in the early stages of cardiovascular disease development, including hypertension. Since global reports reflect a higher hypertension prevalence in black than white ...