Unveiling the Role of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress on Age-Related Cardiovascular Diseases

Autor: Arthur José Pontes Oliveira de Almeida, Valérie B. Schini-Kerth, Júlio César Pinheiro Lúcio de Oliveira, Fátima de Lourdes Assunção Araújo de Azevedo, Isac Almeida de Medeiros, Rayanne Maira Felix Ribeiro Alves, Pablo Ferreira dos Santos, Sabine Helena Dantas, Geovânia Maria Sales de Menezes, Mathania Silva de Almeida Rezende, Sonaly de Lima Silva, Tays Amanda Felisberto Gonçalves
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, Vol 2020 (2020)
Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
ISSN: 1942-0994
1942-0900
Popis: The global population above 60 years has been growing exponentially in the last decades, which is accompanied by an increase in the prevalence of age-related chronic diseases, highlighting cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), such as hypertension, atherosclerosis, and heart failure. Aging is the main risk factor for these diseases. Such susceptibility to disease is explained, at least in part, by the increase of oxidative stress, in which it damages cellular components such as proteins, DNA, and lipids. In addition, the chronic inflammatory process in aging “inflammaging” also contributes to cell damage, creating a stressful environment which drives to the development of CVDs. Taken together, it is possible to identify the molecular connection between oxidative stress and the inflammatory process, especially by the crosstalk between the transcription factors Nrf-2 and NF-κB which are mediated by redox signalling and are involved in aging. Therapies that control this process are key targets in the prevention/combat of age-related CVDs. In this review, we show the basics of inflammation and oxidative stress, including the crosstalk between them, and the implications on age-related CVDs.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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