Alpha-adducin 1 (rs4961) gene and its expression associated with sodium sensitivity in hypertensive patients: a cohort study in the western Ukrainian population.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of the α-adducin-1 gene () (Gly460Trp [rs4961]) polymorphism and its expression in association with renal dysfunction and sodium sensitivity in hypertensive patients in western Ukrainian population. One-hundred patients with essential arterial hypertension (EAH) and hypertensive-mediated target organ damage (stage 2), moderate, high, and very high cardiovascular risk were enrolled in case-control study. Sixty healthy individuals were assigned as controls.

The role of nutritional support with probiotics in outpatients with symptomatic acute respiratory tract infections: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled dietary study.

Background: A number of laboratory data and clinical studies have shown that probiotic bacteria may be beneficial in respiratory viral diseases. We investigated the role of probiotics in coronavirus disease-19 (COVID -19), post-disease symptoms, and humoral immune responses to viral antigens.

Methods: This was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, prospective, multicenter study.

The role of NOS3 (rs2070744) and GNB3 (rs5443) genes' polymorphisms in endothelial dysfunction pathway and carotid intima-media thickness in hypertensive patients.

The mechanisms orchestrating the balance between nitric oxide and endothelium-derived contracting factors, and genetic predisposition to endothelial dysfunction in hypertensive patients remain to be determined. One-hundred hypertensive patients participated in the case-control study to clarify the risk of endothelial dysfunction and carotid "intima media" thickness (IMT) changes depending on NOS3 (rs2070744) and GNB3 (rs5443) genes' polymorphisms. It is found that presence of NOS3 gene's С-allele significantly elevates the risk of atherosclerotic plaques on carotid arteries (OR95%CI: 1.

Endothelium function biomarkers and carotid intima-media thickness changes in relation to NOS3 (rs2070744) and GNB3 (rs5443) genes polymorphism in the essential arterial hypertension.

The aim of the present study was to clarify the endothelial function biomarkers and carotid "intima media" thickness (IMT) changes in relation to (rs5443) and (rs2070744) genes polymorphism in the essential arterial hypertension (EAH). Methods. One-hundred EAH patients (48 - control) participated in the case-control study.