Publications by authors named "Kim M van der Molen"

Introduction: Patients with type 1 diabetes are susceptible to hypertension, possibly resulting from increased salt sensitivity and accompanied changes in body fluid composition. We examined the effect of a high-salt diet (HSD) in type 1 diabetes on hemodynamics, including blood pressure (BP) and body fluid composition.

Research Design And Methods: We studied eight male patients with type 1 diabetes and 12 matched healthy controls with normal BP, body mass index, and renal function.

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Essentials Factor Xa (FXa)-targeting direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) reduce venous thromboembolism (VTE) The effects of FXa-targeting DOACs on cancer progression remain to be studied In xenograft models, a FXa-targeting DOAC did not inhibit breast cancer growth and metastasis A thrombin-targeting DOAC, dabigatran, also did not inhibit breast cancer growth and metastasis ABSTRACT: Background Factor Xa-targeting DOACs were recently found to reduce recurrent VTE efficiently in cancer patients when compared to the standard treatment with low-molecular-weight heparins (LMWHs). While the anticancer effects of LMWHs have been extensively studied in preclinical cancer models, the effects of FXa-targeting DOACs on cancer progression remain to be studied. Objective We investigated whether the FXa-targeting DOAC rivaroxaban and the thrombin-targeting DOAC dabigatran etexilate (DE) affected human breast cancer growth and metastasis in orthotopic xenograft models.

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