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Xiaoquan Rao
Researcher at University of Maryland, Baltimore
Publications - 36
Citations - 1964
Xiaoquan Rao is an academic researcher from University of Maryland, Baltimore. The author has contributed to research in topics: Inflammation & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 27 publications receiving 1588 citations. Previous affiliations of Xiaoquan Rao include Huazhong University of Science and Technology & Ohio State University.
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Environmental stressors and cardio-metabolic disease: part II-mechanistic insights.
Thomas Münzel,Mette Sørensen,Tommaso Gori,Frank P. Schmidt,Xiaoquan Rao,Frank R. Brook,Lung Chi Chen,Robert D. Brook,Sanjay Rajagopalan +8 more
TL;DR: A considerable body of evidence suggests that these environmental agents induce low-grade inflammation, oxidative stress, vascular dysfunction, and autonomic nervous system imbalance, thereby facilitating the development of diseases such as hypertension and diabetes.
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Environmental stressors and cardio-metabolic disease: part I-epidemiologic evidence supporting a role for noise and air pollution and effects of mitigation strategies.
Thomas Münzel,Mette Sørensen,Tommaso Gori,Frank P. Schmidt,Xiaoquan Rao,Jeffrey R. Brook,Lung Chi Chen,Robert D. Brook,Sanjay Rajagopalan +8 more
TL;DR: Increased awareness of the societal burden posed by these novel risk factors and acknowledgement in traditional risk factor guidelines may intensify the efforts required for effective legislation to reduce air pollution and noise.
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An emerging role of dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4) beyond glucose control: Potential implications in cardiovascular disease
TL;DR: The widespread expression of DPP4 in tissues such as the vasculature and immune cells suggests that this protein may play a role in cardiovascular function, and recent studies in experimental models of atherosclerosis provide evidence for a robust effect for these drugs in attenuating inflammation and plaque development.
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Air pollution-mediated susceptibility to inflammation and insulin resistance: influence of CCR2 pathways in mice.
Cuiqing Liu,Xiaohua Xu,Yuntao Bai,Tse-Yao Wang,Xiaoquan Rao,Aixia Wang,Lixian Sun,Zhekang Ying,Liubov V. Gushchina,Andrei Maiseyeu,Masako Morishita,Qinghua Sun,Jack R. Harkema,Sanjay Rajagopalan +13 more
TL;DR: PM2.5 mediates IR by regulating VAT inflammation, hepatic lipid metabolism, and glucose utilization in skeletal muscle via both CCR2-dependent and -independent pathways, providing new mechanistic links between air pollution and metabolic abnormalities underlying IR.
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A Potential Role for Dendritic Cell/Macrophage-Expressing DPP4 in Obesity-Induced Visceral Inflammation
Jixin Zhong,Xiaoquan Rao,Jeffrey A. Deiuliis,Zachary Braunstein,Vimal K. Narula,Jeffrey W. Hazey,Dean J. Mikami,Bradley Needleman,Abhay R. Satoskar,Sanjay Rajagopalan +9 more
TL;DR: A novel role for the paracrine regulation of inflammation in adipose tissue by DPP4 is suggested, which may play a role in potentiation ofinflammation in obesity by interacting with ADA.