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Elevated Eosinophils as a Feature of Inflammation Associated With Hypertension in Virally Suppressed People Living With HIV

Sepiso K. Masenga, Fernando Elijovich, Benson M. Hamooya, Selestine Nzala et al. • Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease (2020)

Background People living with HIV (PLWH) are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, including hypertension, which persists despite effective plasma viral suppression on antiretroviral therapy. HIV infection is characterized by long‐te...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.118.011450

Postbiotics in Functional Foods: Preparation-Based Characterization, Gut–Brain Axis Interactions, and Translational Perspectives

Selin Elmas, Daniela Cîrțînă, Rodica Dîrnu, Ion Dorin Plută et al. • Foods (2026)

Postbiotics are defined as preparations of inanimate microorganisms and/or their components that confer a health benefit on the host. Although interest in postbiotics has increased substantially, their translational use in functional foods ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/foods15142457

Cohort profile: the Taiwan Initiative for Geriatric Epidemiological Research - a prospective cohort study on cognition

Pei-Iun Hsieh, Te-Hsuan Huang, Jeng-Min Chiou, Jen-Hau Chen et al. • Epidemiology and Health (2024)

The Taiwan Initiative for Geriatric Epidemiological Research (TIGER) was founded in 2011 to elucidate the interrelationships among various predictors of global and domain-specific cognitive impairment, with the aim of identifying older adul...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4178/epih.e2024057

A nationwide study on immunosenescence biomarkers profile in older adults: ELSI-Brazil

Maria Luiza Lima-Silva, Karen Cecília Lima Torres, Juliana Vaz de Melo Mambrini, Nathalia Coimbra Brot et al. • Experimental Gerontology (2024)

Immunosenescence is a phenomenon caused by changes in the immune system, and part of these changes involves an increase in circulating immunological biomarkers, a process known as “Inflammaging.” Inflammaging can be associated with many dis...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2024.112433

Long Noncoding RNAs in Neurodegenerative Diseases: Pathogenesis and Potential Implications as Clinical Biomarkers

Meng Zhang, Ping He, Zhigang Bian • Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience (2021)

Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs), including Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD), Huntington’s disease (HD), and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), are progressive and ultimately fatal. NDD onset is influenced by several fa...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2021.685143

Protocol for the Tallaght University Hospital Institute for Memory and Cognition-Biobank for Research in Ageing and Neurodegeneration

Eimear Connolly, Shane Lyons, Cliona O’Farrelly, Graham Knight et al. • BMJ Open (2023)

Introduction Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias affect >50 million individuals globally and are characterised by broad clinical and biological heterogeneity. Cohort and biobank studies have played a critical role in advancing the un...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077772