
Hua Linda Cai, MD, PhD
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Dr. Linda Cai's group is interested in nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species signaling in cultured cells, models of cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension and atherosclerosis, angiogenesis and cardiovascular complications of cancer drugs.
Highlighted Publications
Youn JY, Middlekauff HR, Reudiseuli I, Huang K, Cai H. Endothelial damage in young adult e-cigarette users. Redox Biol. 2023 Mar;62:102688.
Zhang Y, Wang X, Liu Y, Zhou J, Gong H, Li XK, Lv SJ, Chen XF, Ren SC, Zhang H, Yan B, Dai Y, Cai H, Tang X, Chen HZ. SIRT2 deficiency amplifies a cytoplasm-mitochondrial signal to aggravates aging-induced vascular remodeling in humans and mice. European Heart Journal. 2023;44,2746-2759.
Cabrera JT, Si R, Tsuji-Hosokawa A, Cai H, Yuan JXJ, Dillmann WH, Makino A. Restoration of coronary microvascular function by OGA overexpression in a high-fat diet with low dose streptozotocin-induced type 2 diabetic mice. Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research. 2023 May-June;1-13.
Fischer MA, Chapski DJ, Soehalim E, Montoya DJ, Grogan T, Pellegrini M, Cai H, Shemin RJ, Vondriska TM. Longitudinal profiling in patients undergoing cardiac surgery reveals postoperative changes in DNA methylation. Clin. Epigenetics. 2022 Dec 30;14(1):195. doi: 10.1186/s13148-022-01414-4.
Huang K, Wu Y, Zhang Y, Youn JY, Cai H. Combination of folic acid with nifedipine is completely effective in attenuating aortic aneurysm formation as a novel oral medication. Redox Biol. 2022 Dec;58:102521.