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 /CD144 cell 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
  • 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