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ArticleBMC complementary medicine and therapies2022

Inhibitory effects of Syzygium jambos extract on biomarkers of endothelial cell activation.

Yaritza Inostroza-Nieves, Shirley Valentin-Berrios, Christopher Vega, Gregory N Prado, Claribel Luciano-Montalvo, José R Romero, Alicia Rivera

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Article in BMC complementary medicine and therapies, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Yaritza Inostroza-Nieves *Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. yinostroza@sanjuanbautista.edu.
Shirley Valentin-Berrios *Department of Laboratory Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital and Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Christopher VegaDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Gregory N PradoDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Claribel Luciano-MontalvoDepartment of Microbiology, San Juan Bautista School of Medicine, Caguas, PR, USA.
José R RomeroDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Alicia RiveraDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Harvard University · USBoston Children's Hospital · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USInterAmerican University of Puerto Rico · PR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDisordered endothelial cell activation plays an important role in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis, cancer, sepsis, viral infections, and inflammatory responses. There is interest in developing novel therapeutics to regulate endothelial cell function in atherothrombotic, metabolic, vascular, and hematological diseases. Extracts from leaves of the Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston (S. jambos) trees have been proposed to treat cardiovascular diseases and diabetes through unclear mechanisms. We investigated the effects of the S. jambos extract on biomarkers of endothelial dysfunction and immune responses in the human endothelial cell line, EA.hy926.

methodsLeaves of S. jambos were collected, concocted and lyophilized. To study the effects of S. jambos on endothelial cell activation, we used the human endothelial cell line. IL-6 levels were measured using qPCR and ELISA. PDI activity was measured using Insulin Turbidity and Di-E-GSSG assays. CM-H2DCFDA was used to study ROS levels. Migration assay was used to study S. jambos effect on ex vivo human polymorphonuclear and human mononuclear cells.

resultsOur results show that incubation of EA.hy926 cells with ET-1 led to a 6.5 ± 1.6 fold increase in IL-6 expression by qPCR, an event that was blocked by S. jambos. Also, we observed that ET-1 increased extracellular protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) activity that was likewise dose-dependently blocked by S. jambos (IC

conclusionOur results suggest that the S. jambos extract represents a novel cardiovascular protective pharmacological approach to regulate endothelial cell activation, IL-6 expression, and immune-cell responses.

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SyzygiumBiomarkersEndothelial CellsHumansInterleukin-6Plant ExtractsReactive Oxygen SpeciesBiomarkersInterleukin-6Plant ExtractsReactive Oxygen SpeciesEndothelial cellsEndothelin-1Interleukin-6Protein disulfide isomeraseReactive oxygen speciesSyzygium jambos

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