Browsing by Author "Boudaka, Ammar"
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Inflammation and hypertension: Underlying mechanisms and emerging understandings
Aboukhater, Diana; Morad, Bassel; Nasrallah, Nadim; Nasser, Suzanne A.; Sahebkar, Amirhossein; Kobeissy, Firas; Boudaka, Ammar; Eid, Ali H.... more authors ... less authors ( wiley online library , 2023 , Article Review)Hypertension remains a major contributor to cardiovascular disease (CVD), a leading cause of global death. One of the major insults that drive increased blood pressure is inflammation. While it is the body's defensive ... -
The pharmaco-epigenetics of hypertension: a focus on microRNA
Yaacoub, Serge; Boudaka, Ammar; AlKhatib, Ali; Pintus, Gianfranco; Sahebkar, Amirhossein; Kobeissy, Firas; Eid, Ali H.... more authors ... less authors ( Springer Nature , 2024 , Article)Hypertension is a major harbinger of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. It predisposes to higher rates of myocardial infarction, chronic kidney failure, stroke, and heart failure than most other risk factors. By 2025, ... -
Phenotypic switching of vascular smooth muscle cells in atherosclerosis, hypertension, and aortic dissection
Elmarasi, Mohamed; Elmakaty, Ibrahim; Elsayed, Basel; Elsayed, Abdelrahman; Zein, Jana Al; Boudaka, Ammar; Eid, Ali H.... more authors ... less authors ( Wiley-Blackwell , 2024 , Article)Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) play a critical role in regulating vasotone, and their phenotypic plasticity is a key contributor to the pathogenesis of various vascular diseases. Two main VSMC phenotypes have been ... -
Physiological Intracranial Calcifications in Children A computed tomography-based study
Al Hajri, Faiza; Sirasanagandla, Srinivasa R.; Boudaka, Ammar; Al Dhuhli, Humoud; Al Ajmi, Eiman ( Sultan Qaboos University , 2023 , Article)Objectives: This study aimed to examined the frequency of physiological intracranial calcifications (PICs) in paediatric population using computed tomography (CT). Methods: The brain CT scans of consecutive patients (age ...