Nilank C Shah

Short-term magnesium deficiency downregulates telomerase, upregulates neutral sphingomyelinase and induces oxidative DNA damage in cardiovascular tissues: relevance to atherogenesis, cardiovascular diseases and aging.

Nilank C Shah, Gatha J Shah, Zhiqiang Li et al. · PubMed · 2014 · 55 citations · Full text

Neutral Sphingomyelinase, Dna Damage, Cardiovascular Disease +15

Differential effects of the optical isomers of EMD 53998 on contraction and cytoplasmic Ca2+ in isolated ferret cardiac muscle.

Jonathan White, J A Lee, Nilank C Shah et al. · Circulation Research · 1993 · 54 citations · Full text

Cardiac Muscle, Muscle Function, Emd 53998 +17

Short-term Mg deficiency upregulates protein kinase C isoforms in cardiovascular tissues and cells; relation to NF-kB, cytokines, ceramide salvage sphingolipid pathway and PKC-zeta: hypothesis and review.

Burton M. Altura, Nilank C Shah, Gatha J Shah et al. · PubMed · 2014 · 44 citations · Full text

Immunology, Cardiovascular Function, Cardiovascular Translational Research +20

Short-term magnesium deficiency results in decreased levels of serum sphingomyelin, lipid peroxidation, and apoptosis in cardiovascular tissues

Burton M. Altura, Nilank C Shah, Xian‐Cheng Jiang et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology · 2009 · 42 citations

Nutrition, Electrolyte Disorder, Lipid Peroxidation +21

Mg deficiency results in modulation of serum lipids, glutathione, and NO synthase isozyme activation in cardiovascular tissues: relevance to de novo synthesis of ceramide, serum Mg and atherogenesis.

Nilank C Shah, Jianping Liu, Jahangir Iqbal et al. · PubMed · 2011 · 39 citations · Full text

Lipid Peroxidation, Creatine Kinase, Oxidative Stress +16