Cigarette smoking and cardiovascular disease

A novel potent vasoconstrictor peptide produced by vascular endothelial cells

1988 • 10,786 citations

Nitric oxide release accounts for the biological activity of endothelium-derived relaxing factor

1987 • 10,774 citations

The pathogenesis of atherosclerosis: a perspective for the 1990s

1993 • 10,730 citations

Role of oxidized low density lipoprotein in atherogenesis.

1991 • 2,691 citations

Role of endothelium in responses of vascular smooth muscle.

1983 • 1,975 citations

Free-radical chemistry of cigarette smoke and its toxicological implications.

1985 • 1,351 citations

The role of the monocyte in atherogenesis: I. Transition of blood-borne monocytes into foam cells in fatty lesions.

1981 • 1,325 citations

Fibrinogen, viscosity, and white blood cell count are major risk factors for ischemic heart disease. The Caerphilly and Speedwell collaborative heart disease studies.

1991 • 953 citations

Immunolocalization of von Willebrand protein in Weibel-Palade bodies of human endothelial cells

1982 • 698 citations

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme: Vascular Endothelial Localization

1976 • 644 citations

The Human Costs of Tobacco Use

1994 • 557 citations

Interleukin 1: a mitogen for human vascular smooth muscle cells that induces the release of growth-inhibitory prostanoids.

1988 • 519 citations

The Leukocyte Count as a Predictor of Myocardial Infarction

1974 • 474 citations

Atherosclerosis or lipoprotein-induced endothelial dysfunction. Potential mechanisms underlying reduction in EDRF/nitric oxide activity.

1992 • 457 citations

Angiotensin II Induces c-fos mRNA in Aortic Smooth Muscle

1989 • 401 citations

Lipid peroxidation and endothelial cell injury: implications in atherosclerosis

1988 • 335 citations

Nitric oxide and prostacyclin. Divergence of inhibitory effects on monocyte chemotaxis and adhesion to endothelium in vitro.

1991 • 331 citations

Effect of vitamin C and E supplementation on susceptibility of plasma lipoproteins to peroxidation induced by acute smoking

1990 • 205 citations

Increased production of oxygen free radicals in cigarette smokers.

1991 • 199 citations

Cigarette smoking renders LDL susceptible to peroxidative modification and enhanced metabolism by macrophages

1989 • 191 citations

LIPID PEROXIDATION IN RELATION TO PROSTACYCLIN AND THROMBOXANE PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

1983 • 184 citations

The Role of Catecholamines in the Free Fatty Acid Response to Cigarette Smoking

1963 • 153 citations

Effects of Cigarette Smoking on the Ultrastructure of Rat Thoracic Aorta and Its Ability to Produce Prostacyclin

1982 • 127 citations

Eicosanoids in regulation of arterial smooth muscle cell phenotype, proliferative capacity, and cholesterol metabolism.

1989 • 104 citations

Vitamin E Suppresses Increased Lipid Peroxidation in Cigarette Smokers

1990 • 100 citations

Effects of fibrinogen and fibrin on the migration of vascular smooth muscle cells in vitro

1990 • 85 citations

Smoking impairs endothelium-dependent relaxation of saphenous vein

1993 • 83 citations

Effect of cigarette smoking on cultured human endothelial cells

1993 • 80 citations

Heparin‐induced platelet aggregation in anorexia nervosa and in severe peripheral vascular disease

1985 • 71 citations

Cigarette Smoking and Endothelial Injury: A Review

1990 • 59 citations

Platelets and Ectonucleotidases

1994 • 40 citations

The influence of smoking and plasma factors on prosthetic graft patency

1990 • 37 citations

Nicotine inhibits vascular prostacyclin but not platelet thromboxane formation

1983 • 34 citations

Excitatory receptor-prostanoid synthesis coupling in smooth muscle: mediation by calcium, protein kinase C and G proteins.

1988 • 32 citations

Cigarette smoke extracts, but not nicotine, inhibit prostacyclin (PGI2) synthesis in human, rabbit and rat vascular tissue

1985 • 30 citations

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: RISK FACTORS AND INTERVENTION

1993 • 26 citations

Platelet — Vessel Wall Interactions in Individuals who Smoke Cigarettes

1990 • 17 citations

The Effects of Nicotine on PGI2 Production by Rat Aortic Endothelium

1985 • 16 citations

Vascular and Platelet Eicosanoids, Smoking and Atherosclerosis

1990 • 16 citations

The Effect of Cigarette Smoke, Nicotine and Carbon Monoxide on Arterial Wall Permeability and Arterial Wall Uptake of 125 I-Fibrinogen

1990 • 10 citations

Smoking, Catecholamines and their Effects on Endothelial Cell Integrity

1990 • 10 citations

N-formyl-methionine-leucine-phenylalanine (fMLP), a Bacterial Chemotactic Peptide, Stimulates Platelet Shape Change in Human Whole Blood

1993 • 9 citations

The Effects of Nicotine on Aortic Endothelial Cell Turnover and Ultrastructure

1990 • 9 citations

Platelet synthesis of cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase products in type I and type II diabetes

1988 • 6 citations

Smoking, Platelet Reactivity and Fibrinogen

1990 • 5 citations

Apolipoprotein Profiles in Randomly Selected Smokers and Matched Controls

1990 • 3 citations