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Suzanne Oparil
Researcher at University of Alabama at Birmingham
Publications - 941
Citations - 122414
Suzanne Oparil is an academic researcher from University of Alabama at Birmingham. The author has contributed to research in topics: Blood pressure & Angiotensin II. The author has an hindex of 106, co-authored 885 publications receiving 113983 citations. Previous affiliations of Suzanne Oparil include Michigan State University & Oregon Health & Science University.
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The Matrikine Acetylated Proline-Glycine-Proline Couples Vascular Inflammation and Acute Cardiac Rejection
Gregory A. Payne,Jindong Li,Xin Xu,Patricia L. Jackson,Hongwei Qin,David M. Pollock,J. Michael Wells,Suzanne Oparil,Massoud A. Leesar,Massoud A. Leesar,Rakesh P. Patel,J. Edwin Blalock,Amit Gaggar +12 more
TL;DR: It is reported that the matrikine acetylated Pro-Gly-Pro (PGP) stimulates vascular inflammation through activation of endothelial CXC Chemokine Receptor 2 and production of endothelin-1 both in vitro and in vivo.
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Obesity-Associated Hypertension: the Upcoming Phenotype in African-American Women
TL;DR: The prevalence of HTN and its obesity-associated phenotype is likely to increase in African-American women over the next decades and may be increasingly referred for bariatric surgery when hypertension remains uncontrolled despite lifestyle interventions and pharmacological therapy for weight loss and blood pressure control.
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Have the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Perturbations in Cardiovascular Disease Been Exhausted?
TL;DR: Because blockade of the RAAS is incomplete with any of the currently available monotherapies, combinations of these agents have been tested and shown to provide additional clinical benefit in patients with hypertension and various forms of cardiovascular and renal disease.
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The Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 and Blood Pressure.
TL;DR: The Global Burden of Disease report concludes that achievement of optimalBlood pressure in the population would yield large potential gains in global health and that study of blood pressure in people younger than 60 years of age is an important area for future investigation.
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Migrating Populations and Health: Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease and Metabolic Syndrome
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors summarized results of recent studies of migrants in Europe and North America and ongoing efforts to adapt strategies to provide them with inclusive sensitive health care, and identified major predisposing factors for developing hypertension, obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome in migrating populations and refugees.