Cigarette Smoking-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy, Vascular Inflammation and Injury are Attenuated by Antioxidant Supplementation in An Animal Model

Cigarette Smoking-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy, Vascular Inflammation and Injury are Attenuated by Antioxidant Supplementation in An Animal Model

BackgroundCardiovascular diseases are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Cigarette smoking remains a global health epidemic with associated detrimental effects on the cardiovascular system. In this work, we investigated the effects of cigarette smoke exposure on cardiovascular...

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Main Authors: Moustafa Al Hariri, Kazem Zibara, Wissam Farhat, Yasmine Hashem, Nadia Soudani, Farah Al Ibrahim, Eva Hamadeh, Asad Zeidan, Ahmad Husari, Firas H Kobeissy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
Subjects:
Hypertrophy
Inflammation
Reactive Oxygen Species
calcification
cigarette smoking
Pomegranate juice
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2016.00397/full

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