Metabolic Profile of Vasculitis and Arterial Hypertension
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Lipid Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2024) | Viewed by 1867
Special Issue Editor
Interests: cardiovascular disease; vasculitis; immune pathways; arterial hypertension; echocardiography
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Metabolites, entitled “Metabolic Profile of Vasculitis and Arterial Hypertension”, will include a selection of articles (both original and review) focusing on the role of metabolism in vascular disease.
Vascular damage is a highly prevalent in the general population. The metabolic pathway is worthy of interest for vascular disease. Changes in lipid profile may influence the inflammatory system, enhancing its role in vascular damage. Associated metabolic, inflammatory, coagulation, and blood pressure disturbances are often described in vasculitis, but also in arterial hypertension. Vasculitis is the paradigm of vascular inflammation. However, recent evidence also showed the role of inflammation and immune-mediated cytokine release in arterial hypertension. Shear stress, high blood pressure variability, vascular resistances, and vascular stiffness are all part of the same world where lipids and inflammation are the main actors in vascular damage. Increasing evidence is questioning the role of inflammation “per se” as a risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, suggesting its crucial role in influencing the different associated clinical consequences. Therefore, the study of the metabolic profile in both these diseases may help in understanding the cross talk between these systems.
We are seeking basic, clinical, and multi-disciplinary research that will aid the knowledge base of this topic and helpfully characterize the mechanisms underlying the relationship between metabolic profile, inflammation or atherosclerosis processes in vasculitis and arterial hypertension.
Dr. Sebastiano Cicco
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- metabolic profile
- arterial hypertension
- vasculitis
- metabolic syndrome
- metabolic dysfunction
- immune pathways
- immune cells
- cardiovascular disease
