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Lakshmi Santhanam

Researcher at Johns Hopkins University

Publications -  93
Citations -  3838

Lakshmi Santhanam is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Endothelial dysfunction & Arginase. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 80 publications receiving 3271 citations. Previous affiliations of Lakshmi Santhanam include Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute & National Institutes of Health.

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Arterial Stiffening Precedes Systolic Hypertension in Diet-Induced Obesity

TL;DR: In a diet-induced model of obesity, arterial stiffness, measured in vivo, develops within 1 month of the initiation of the diet and precedes the development of hypertension by 5 months, supporting the hypothesis that arterial stiffening is a cause rather than a consequence of hypertension.
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Endothelial arginase II: a novel target for the treatment of atherosclerosis.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that vascular endothelial arginase activity is increased in atherogenic-prone apolipoprotein E–null and wild-type mice fed a high cholesterol diet and selective arginases II inhibition or deletion prevents high-cholesterol diet–dependent decreases in vascular NO production.
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Arginase inhibition restores NOS coupling and reverses endothelial dysfunction and vascular stiffness in old rats.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that arginase upregulation leads to endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) uncoupling and that in vivo chronic inhibition of arginases restores nitroso-redox balance, improves endothelial function, and increases vascular compliance in old rats, and suggested that arginsase is a viable target for therapy in age-dependent vascular stiffness.
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Inhibition of NADPH oxidase activation in endothelial cells by ortho-methoxy-substituted catechols.

TL;DR: Inhibition of endothelial NADPH oxidase by apocynin caused a dose-dependent inhibition of cell proliferation, which identifies a metabolite of an ortho-methoxy-substituted catechol, which may be the active compound formed within stimulated ECs that prevents NADPH oxidation complex assembly and activation.