Dietary Bioactives: Their Role in the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Bone Diseases
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemicals and Human Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 November 2021) | Viewed by 45017
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Interests: inflammation; endothelial cells; tissue regeneration; stem cells; cell differentiation; bioactive compounds; innovative cell cultures
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Interests: bone regeneration; bone physiology; bone cells; stem cells; tissue engineering; biomaterials; cell–material interactions; cell differentiation; 3D co-culture system; bioactive compounds
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The constant increase in human life expectancy has significantly influenced the increase in the risk of cardiovascular and metabolic bone diseases, which may be considered as one of the most demanding global health problems.
Numerous approaches have been described to delay and possibly treat cardiometabolic disease and other age-related disorders: one of them takes account of the use of natural molecules and nutritional supplements. An extensive screening of bioactive compounds has been conducted in the last several decades, and a wide range of anti-atherosclerotic activities and osteoprotective effects have been observed, which seem to be mediated via pro-angiogenic, antioxidant, and/or anti-inflammatory pathways leading to osteoblast mineralization and osteoclast inactivation.
In particular, atherosclerotic vascular calcification in cardiovascular disease and loss of bone mineralized matrix in osteoporosis seem to be characterized by common pathophysiological molecular and cellular mechanisms potentially involved in the “bone–vascular cross talk”, which to date remain poorly investigated.
Recent findings have established that several natural compounds have potential promising and significant vascular and bone bioactivities, which may trigger the discovery of new drugs for the management of cardiovascular and metabolic bone diseases.
In this Special Issue, we encourage clinicians and researchers to contribute original research articles, short communications, and review articles that address the biochemical, physiological, and molecular processes underlying the mechanism of action of dietary bioactives in in vitro and in vivo studies related to human nutrition. The submission of studies aimed at characterizing the bioavailability and the biological effect of dietary bioactive metabolites will also be welcomed. Research papers on original products, extracts, and single molecules will be considered.
As Guest Editors, we invite you to contribute to this Special Issue on “Dietary Bioactives: Their Role in the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Bone Diseases”.
Prof. Assunta Pandolfi
Dr. Domitilla Mandatori
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Dietary bioactive compounds
- Cardiometabolic diseases
- Metabolic bone diseases
- Disease prevention
- Molecular and physiological mechanisms
- Human health and nutrition
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