Epidemiology
Recommend an article on epidemiology & atherosclerosis for next month's issue.

• High prevalence of subclinical atherosclerosis in psoriatic arthritis patients without clinically evident cardiovascular disease or classic atherosclerosis risk factors.
  (Gonzalez-Juanatey C, et al. Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Aug 15;57(6):1074-80.)

Gender
Recommend an article on gender & atherosclerosis for next month's issue.

• Subclinical coronary atherosclerosis is more pronounced in men and women with lower socio-economic status: associations in a population-based study. Coronary atherosclerosis and social status.
  Dragano N, et al. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2007 Aug;14(4):568-74.
• Implications of family history of myocardial infarction in young women.
  Patel MJ, et al.Am Heart J. 2007 Sep;154(3):454-60.
• Smoking status and adiponectin in healthy Japanese men and women.
  Takefuji S, et al.Prev Med. 2007 Jul 14; [Epub ahead of print]

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Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease
Recommend an article on genetics of cardiovascular disease for next month's issue.

• ApolipoproteinA1-75 G/A (M1-) polymorphism and Lipoprotein(a); Anti- vs. Pro-Atherogenic properties.
  (Albahrani AI Ab, et al. Lipids Health Dis. 2007 Aug 6;6(1):19 [Epub ahead of print])
• Combined effects of thrombosis pathway gene variants predict cardiovascular events.
  (Auro K, et al. PLoS Genet. 2007 Jul 27;3(7):e120. Epub 2007 Jun 7.)
• Platelet genomics and the risk of atherothrombosis.
  (Ouwehand WH, et al. J Thromb Haemost. 2007 Jul;5 Suppl 1:188-95. Review.)
• Human alpha B-crystallin mutation causes oxido-reductive stress and protein aggregation cardiomyopathy in mice.
  (Rajasekaran NS, et al. Cell. 2007 Aug 10;130(3):427-39.)
• Apolipoprotein E gene polymorphism in the Mongolian population.
  (Svobodova H, et al. Folia Biol (Praha). 2007;53(4):138-42.)
• Association between KCNJ11 E23K genotype and cardiovascular and glucose metabolism phenotypes.
  (Yang Y, et al. J. Exp Physiol. 2007 Aug 24; [Epub ahead of print])
• Single nucleotide polymorphisms at the adiponectin locus and risk of coronary heart disease in men and women.
  (Pischon T, Obesity (Silver Spring). 2007 Aug;15(8):2051-60.)
• The genetics of lipoprotein metabolism and heart disease.
  (Tai ES. Forum Nutr. 2007;60:110-7.)
• Lipoprotein lipase activity determined in vivo is lower in carriers of apolipoprotein A-V gene variants 19W and -1131C.
  (Kovar J, et al. Physiol Res. 2007 Jul 26; [Epub ahead of print])
• Association of apolipoprotein E gene polymorphism with ischemic stroke involving large-vessel disease and its relation to serum lipid levels.
  Saidi S, et al. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2007 Jul-Aug;16(4):160-6.
• Association of the Glutathione S-transferase Omega-1 Ala140Asp Polymorphism With Cerebrovascular Atherosclerosis and Plaque-Associated Interleukin-1{alpha} Expression.
  (Kolsch H, et al. Stroke. 2007 Aug 23; [Epub ahead of print])
• Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) polymorphisms predict treatment response in electroconvulsive therapy.
  (Anttila S, et al. Pharmacogenomics J. 2007 Aug 14; [Epub ahead of print])
  

Imaging

• Ischemic disease of lower extremities--risk factors and ultrasound diagnostic.
  (Bodikova S, Flak L. Bratisl Lek Listy. 2007;108(2):89-92.)
• Multidetector computed tomography coronary artery plaque predictors of stress-induced myocardial ischemia by SPECT.
  (Lin F, et al. Atherosclerosis. 2007 Aug 24; [Epub ahead of print])
• (18)Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography imaging of atherosclerotic plaque inflammation is highly reproducible: implications for atherosclerosis therapy trials.
  (Rudd JH, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Aug 28;50(9):892-6. Epub 2007 Aug 13.)
• Noninvasive assessment of target organ injury in children with the metabolic syndrome.
  (Urbina E. J Cardiometab Syndr. 2006 Summer;1(4):277-81. Review.)
• Panoramic radiographs: a screening tool for calcified carotid atheromatous plaque.
  (Ramesh A, et al. J Mass Dent Soc. 2007 Summer;56(2):20-1.)
• Relationship between aortic atherosclerosis and non-invasive measures of arterial stiffness.
  (Qureshi G, et al. Atherosclerosis. 2007 Aug 2; [Epub ahead of print])
• Relationship between degree of remodeling and CT attenuation of plaque in coronary atherosclerotic lesions: An in-vivo analysis by multi-detector computed tomography.
  (Schmid M, et al. Atherosclerosis. 2007 Aug 27; [Epub ahead of print])
• Effect of scanner type on the reproducibility of extracoronary measures of calcification: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis.
  (Budoff MJ, et al. Acad Radiol. 2007 Sep;14(9):1043-9.)

Immunology
Recommend

• Phosphorylcholine-targeting immunization reduces atherosclerosis.
  (Caligiuri G, et al.J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Aug 7;50(6):540-6. Epub 2007 Jul 23.)

Inflammation

• Individual variation of scavenger receptor expression in human macrophages
  with oxidized low-density lipoprotein is associated with a differential inflammatory response.
  (Martin-Fuentes P, et al. J Immunol. 2007 Sep 1;179(5):3242-8.)
• Chemokine fractalkine mediates leukocyte recruitment to inflammatory endothelial cells in flowing whole blood: a critical role for P-selectin expressed on activated platelets.
  (Schulz C, et al. Circulation. 2007 Aug 14;116(7):764-73. Epub 2007 Aug 6.)
• C-reactive protein is related to extent and progression of coronary and extra-coronary atherosclerosis; results from the Rotterdam study.
  (Elias-Smale SE, et al. Atherosclerosis. 2007 Aug 20; [Epub ahead of print] )