Nutrition, Diet and Metabolism
Recommend an article on diet & atherosclerosis for next month's issue.

• 11Beta-HSD type 1 expression in human adipose tissue: impact of gender, obesity, and fat localization.
  (Paulsen SK, et al. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2007 Aug;15(8):1954-60.)

Oxidative Stress
Recommend an article on oxidative stress & atherosclerosis for next month's issue.

• Glucocorticoids and oxidative stress.
  Bjelakovic G, et al. J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol. 2007;18(2):115-27.
• Biomechanical Forces in Atherosclerosis-Resistant Vascular Regions Regulate Endothelial Redox Balance via Phosphoinositol 3-Kinase/Akt-Dependent Activation of Nrf2.
  (Dai G, et al. Circ Res. 2007 Aug 2; [Epub ahead of print])
• Rho kinase (ROCK) inhibitors.
  (Liao JK, Seto M, Noma K. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2007 Jul;50(1):17-24.)
• Oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction in vascular disease.
  (Pennathur S, et al. Curr Diab Rep. 2007 Aug;7(4):257-64.)
• Oxidative stress, AGE, and atherosclerosis.
  (Schleicher E, et al. Kidney Int Suppl. 2007 Aug;(106):S17-26.)
• Relationship Between Coronary Plaque Formation and NAD(P)H Oxidase-derived Reactive Oxygen Species - Comparison of Intravascular Ultrasound Finding of Atherosclerotic Lesions with Histochemical Characteristics-.
  (Terashima M, et al. Kobe J Med Sci. 2007;53(3):107-17.)
• Biomechanical Forces in Atherosclerosis-Resistant Vascular Regions Regulate Endothelial Redox Balance via Phosphoinositol 3-Kinase/Akt-Dependent Activation of Nrf2.
  (Dai G, et al. Circ Res. 2007 Aug 2; [Epub ahead of print])

Pediatrics
Recommend an article on atherosclerosis in children for next month's issue.

• Review: Management of dyslipidemia in children and adolescents with systemic lupus erythematosus.
  (Ardoin S, et al. Lupus. 2007;16(8):618-626.)
• Review: Systemic lupus erythematosus in the young: the importance of a transition clinic.
  (Falcini F, et al.Lupus. 2007;16(8):613-7.)
• Increased expression of inflammation-related co-stimulatory molecules by HUVECs from newborns with a strong family history of myocardial infarction stimulated with TNF-alpha and oxLDL.
  (Mendez-Cruz AR, et al. Immunol Lett. 2007 Aug 15;111(2):116-23. Epub 2007 Jul 23.)
• Impact of repeated dietary counseling between infancy and 14 years of age on dietary intakes and serum lipids and lipoproteins: the STRIP study.
  (Niinikoski H, et al.Circulation. 2007 Aug 28;116(9):1032-40. Epub 2007 Aug 13.
• Lipoprotein (a) and apolipoprotein (a) phenotypes in healthy Macedonian children.
  (Tosheska K, et al. Bratisl Lek Listy. 2007;108(4-5):179-83.)

Plaque Biology
Recommend

• Prediction of Atherosclerotic Plaque Ruptures with High Frequency Ultrasound Imaging and Serum Inflammatory Markers.
  (Chen WQ, et al. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2007 Aug 17; [Epub ahead of print])
• Potential to inhibit growth of atherosclerotic plaque development through modulation of macrophage neopterin/7,8-dihydroneopterin synthesis.
  (Gieseg SP, et al. Br J Pharmacol. 2007 Aug 13; [Epub ahead of print])
• Plaque progression and regression in atherothrombosis.
  (Ibanez B, et al. J Thromb Haemost. 2007 Jul;5 Suppl 1:292-9. Review.)

• Nitric oxide and vascular remodeling: spotlight on the kidney.
  (Eberhardt W, et al. Kidney Int Suppl. 2007 Aug;(106):S9-S16.)
• Atherosclerosis after kidney transplantation: changes of intima-media thickness of carotids during early posttransplant period.
  (Nafar M, et al. Urol J. 2007 Spring;4(2):105-10.)
• Albuminuria and chronic kidney disease in association with the metabolic syndrome.
  (Ninomiya T, et al. J Cardiometab Syndr. 2007 Spring;2(2):104-7. Review.)