Virgı́nia S. Lemos

Butyrate impairs atherogenesis by reducing plaque inflammation and vulnerability and decreasing NFκB activation

Edenil Costa Aguilar, Alda Jusceline Leonel, Lílian Gonçalves Teixeira et al. · Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases · 2014 · 265 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Nutritional Sciences +16

Transient Receptor Potential Channel 6–Mediated, Localized Cytosolic [Na ⁺ ] Transients Drive Na ⁺ /Ca ²⁺ Exchanger–Mediated Ca ²⁺ Entry in Purinergically Stimulated Aorta Smooth Muscle Cells

Damon Poburko, Chiu‐Hsiang Liao, Virgı́nia S. Lemos et al. · Circulation Research · 2007 · 132 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Pharmacology, Physiology +14

The Endothelium-Dependent Vasodilator Effect of the Nonpeptide Ang(1-7) Mimic AVE 0991 Is Abolished in the Aorta of Mas-Knockout Mice

Virgı́nia S. Lemos, Denise M. R. Silva, Thomas Walther et al. · Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology · 2005 · 128 citations

Life Sciences, Pharmacology, Physiology +10

Oral butyrate reduces oxidative stress in atherosclerotic lesion sites by a mechanism involving NADPH oxidase down-regulation in endothelial cells

Edenil Costa Aguilar, Lana Claudinez dos Santos, Alda Jusceline Leonel et al. · The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry · 2016 · 122 citations

Life Sciences, Cardiology, Pharmacology +17

Evidence for a new angiotensin-(1–7) receptor subtype in the aorta of Sprague–Dawley rats

D.M.R. Silva, Heloísa Reniers Vianna, Steyner F. Côrtes et al. · Peptides · 2006 · 107 citations

Medicine, Pharmacology, Physiology +11