Publications by authors named "P Balis"

This study investigated the effects of chronic crowding-induced social stress and dimethyl fumarate (DMF) on borderline hypertensive rats, focusing on the transcription nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 (NRF2) gene , on the expression of selected NFR2-mediated gene expressions in the heart, and on vascular function. Rats were exposed to chronic crowding, DMF treatment (30 mg/kg/day, p.o.

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Selenium compounds exert their antioxidant activity mostly when the selenium atom is incorporated into selenoproteins. In our work, we tested the possibility that selenite itself interacts with thiols to form active species that have reducing properties. Therefore, we studied the reduction of 2-(4-carboxyphenyl)-4,5-dihydro-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1H-imidazol-1-yloxy-3-oxide radical (cPTIO), damage of plasmid DNA (pDNA), modulation of rat hemodynamic parameters and tension of isolated arteries induced by products of interaction of selenite with thiols.

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Targeting the transient receptor potential vanilloid 2 channels (TRPV2) in order to alleviate or reverse the course of several diseases including multiple cancers, cardiovascular, immunological, or neurological disorders have been a matter of focus for several years now. SET2, a selective TRPV2 inhibitor, represents an innovative molecule which came into recognition in 2019 and seems to be a promising therapeutic modality in cancer and cardiac diseases. Drug discovery and bioanalysis in clinical environment demands simple, excellent, highly reliable, fast, sensitive, and selective analytical approaches which enable unambiguous identification and quantification of demanded molecule.

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Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of mortality and disability among both males and females. The risk of cardiovascular diseases is heightened by the presence of a risk factor cluster of metabolic syndrome, covering obesity and obesity-related cardiometabolic risk factors such as hypertension, glucose, and lipid metabolism dysregulation primarily. Sex hormones contribute to metabolic regulation and make women and men susceptible to obesity development in a different manner, which necessitates sex-specific management.

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Article Synopsis
  • Nitric oxide (NO) is key for maintaining erythrocyte (red blood cell) deformability, which is essential for effective oxygen transport and may be impaired in diseases like hypertension.
  • Experimental groups of rats were studied across different ages (7, 20, and 52 weeks) to assess the effects of aging and hypertension on erythrocyte deformability and NO production.
  • Results showed that younger rats had better deformability and NO production, while both parameters declined with age, indicating that age-related changes in erythrocyte deformability are partly linked to NO levels, though other factors may also be at play.
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