Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

AimsThere is a lack of evidence regarding the sex-specific impact of arterial stiffness on the incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD). This study assessed the relationship between arterial stiffness based on brachial-ankle pulse wave vel…

AimTo identify the association between serum beta-2-microglobulin (B2M) or cystatin C (CysC) and asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis in patients with primary aldosteronism (PA).MethodsIn this cross-sectional study, 265 subjects were enroll…

Hydrogen peroxide-inducible clone-5 (Hic-5) is a focal adhesion scaffold protein primarily expressed in vascular and visceral smooth muscle cells. We recently generated mice lacking Hic-5, which grew with no apparent abnormality (Kim-Kaneya…