Statin toxicity: mechanistic insights and clinical implications

NC Ward, GF Watts, RH Eckel - Circulation research, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
There is now overwhelming evidence to support lowering LDL-c (low-density lipoprotein
cholesterol) to reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Statins are a class of drugs …

Oxidative stress in human hypertension: association with antihypertensive treatment, gender, nutrition, and lifestyle

NC Ward, JM Hodgson, IB Puddey, TA Mori… - Free Radical Biology …, 2004 - Elsevier
There is growing evidence that oxidative stress contributes to the pathogenesis of hypertension.
Our aim was to measure markers of oxidative stress in hypertensive subjects, and …

Flavonoid-rich apples and nitrate-rich spinach augment nitric oxide status and improve endothelial function in healthy men and women: a randomized controlled trial

…, X Yang, KD Croft, MJ Considine, NC Ward… - Free Radical Biology …, 2012 - Elsevier
Flavonoids and nitrates in fruits and vegetables may protect against cardiovascular disease.
Dietary flavonoids and nitrates can augment nitric oxide status via distinct pathways, which …

Codon optimization of human factor VIII cDNAs leads to high-level expression

NJ Ward, SMK Buckley, SN Waddington… - Blood, The Journal …, 2011 - ashpublications.org
Gene therapy for hemophilia A would be facilitated by development of smaller expression
cassettes encoding factor VIII (FVIII), which demonstrate improved biosynthesis and/or …

[HTML][HTML] Stable gene transfer to muscle using non-integrating lentiviral vectors

L Apolonia, SN Waddington, C Fernandes, NJ Ward… - Molecular Therapy, 2007 - cell.com
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-based lentiviral vectors (LVs) hold immense promise
for gene delivery applications because of their relatively large packaging capacity and their …

SGLT2 inhibitor–induced sympathoinhibition: a novel mechanism for cardiorenal protection

…, C Rudnicka, J Hricova, R Carnagarin, NC Ward… - Basic to Translational …, 2020 - jacc.org
Recent clinical trial data suggest a cardiorenal protective effect of sodium glucose
cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibition. We demonstrate that chemical denervation in neurogenic …

Effects of tea and coffee on cardiovascular disease risk

SK Bøhn, NC Ward, JM Hodgson, KD Croft - Food & function, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Tea and coffee have been associated with risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), both positively
and negatively. Epidemiological data suggest that black and green tea may reduce the …

Quality control guidelines for clinical-grade human induced pluripotent stem cell lines

…, H Stachelscheid, SR Velayudhan, NJ Ward… - Regenerative …, 2018 - Future Medicine
Use of clinical-grade human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines as a starting material
for the generation of cellular therapeutics requires demonstration of comparability of lines …

[HTML][HTML] Quickly finding orthologs as reciprocal best hits with BLAT, LAST, and UBLAST: how much do we miss?

N Ward, G Moreno-Hagelsieb - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Reciprocal Best Hits (RBH) are a common proxy for orthology in comparative genomics.
Essentially, a RBH is found when the proteins encoded by two genes, each in a different …

The cardiovascular health benefits of apples: Whole fruit vs. isolated compounds

NP Bondonno, CP Bondonno, NC Ward… - Trends in Food Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Apples are an important contributor to the intake of dietary components linked
with cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention. Apples have been shown to have beneficial …