selected publications

• article

  • Age-dependent defective TGF-beta1 signaling in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.  Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery.  9:-. 2014-01-01
  • Relationship between serum levels of triglycerides and vascular inflammation, measured as COX-2, in arteries from diabetic patients: A translational study.  Lipids in Health and Disease.  12:-. 2013-01-01
  • Decreased pre-surgical CD34 %2b/CD144 %2bcell number in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting compared to coronary artery disease-free valvular patients.  Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery.  7:-. 2012-01-01
  • Overproduction of cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2) is involved in the resistance to apoptosis in vascular smooth muscle cells from diabetic patients: A link between inflammation and apoptosis.  Diabetologia.  54:190-199. 2011-01-01
  • Role of TGF-β1 and MAP kinases in the antiproliferative effect of aspirin in human vascular smooth muscle cells.  PLoS ONE.  5:-. 2010-01-01
  • EPC adhesion to arteries from diabetic and non-diabetic patients: Effect of pioglitazone.  Frontiers in Bioscience.  14:3608-3618. 2009-01-01
  • High-reproducible flow cytometric endothelial progenitor cell determination in human peripheral blood as CD34%2b/CD144%2b/CD3- lymphocyte sub-population.  Journal of Immunological Methods.  335:21-27. 2008-01-01
  • Importance of intracellular Angiotensin II in vascular smooth muscle cell apoptosis: Inhibition by the Angiotensin AT1 receptor antagonist irbesartan.  European Journal of Pharmacology.  567:231-239. 2007-01-01
  • Pioglitazone induces apoptosis in human vascular smooth muscle cells from diabetic patients involving the transforming growth factor-β/activin receptor-like kinase-4/5/7/Smad2 signaling pathway.  Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.  321:431-438. 2007-01-01
  • Role of TGF-β1 in vascular smooth muscle cell apoptosis induced by Angiotensin II.  European Journal of Pharmacology.  556:36-44. 2007-01-01
  • Human vascular smooth muscle cells from diabetic patients are resistant to induced apoptosis due to high Bcl-2 expression.  Diabetes.  55:1243-1251. 2006-01-01
  • Kaempferol inhibits apoptosis in vascular smooth muscle induced by a component of oxidized LDL.  European Journal of Pharmacology.  529:79-83. 2006-01-01
  • Relationship between vasodilation capacity and phenolic content of Spanish wines.  European Journal of Pharmacology.  517:84-91. 2005-01-01
• The complex regulation of TGF-β in cardiovascular disease.  Vascular Health and Risk Management. 533-539. 2012-01-01