2024
Endothelial TGF-β Signaling Regulates Endothelial-Mesenchymal Transition During Arteriovenous Fistula Remodeling in Mice With Chronic Kidney Disease.
Zhang W, Gonzalez L, Li X, Bai H, Li Z, Taniguchi R, Langford J, Ohashi Y, Thaxton C, Yukihiko A, Yatsula B, Martin K, Goodwin J, Tellides G, Long X, Shu C, Dardik A. Endothelial TGF-β Signaling Regulates Endothelial-Mesenchymal Transition During Arteriovenous Fistula Remodeling in Mice With Chronic Kidney Disease. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis And Vascular Biology 2024 PMID: 39297205, DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.124.320933.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic kidney diseaseTGF-b signalingArteriovenous fistula patencyArteriovenous fistulaKidney diseaseAVF patencyEndothelial cellsAssociated with endothelial injuryArteriovenous fistula diameterImprove AVF patencyIncreased outward remodelingReduced patencyInduced endothelial-to-mesenchymal transitionAortocaval fistula modelSmooth muscle cell proliferationArteriovenous fistula failureAttenuated EndMTEnd-stage kidney diseaseHuman arteriovenous fistulaeSmooth muscle cellsMuscle cell proliferationEndothelial-to-mesenchymal transitionMouse endothelial cellsInhibition of EndMTEndothelial-mesenchymal transitionDisturbed flow in the juxta-anastomotic area of an arteriovenous fistula correlates with endothelial loss, acute thrombus formation, and neointimal hyperplasia
Bai H, Varsanik M, Thaxton C, Ohashi Y, Gonzalez L, Zhang W, Aoyagi Y, Kano M, Yatsula B, Li Z, Pocivavsek L, Dardik A. Disturbed flow in the juxta-anastomotic area of an arteriovenous fistula correlates with endothelial loss, acute thrombus formation, and neointimal hyperplasia. AJP Heart And Circulatory Physiology 2024, 326: h1446-h1461. PMID: 38578237, PMCID: PMC11380968, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00054.2024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndothelial cell lossOutflow veinChronic kidney diseaseJuxta-anastomotic areaMouse AVF modelNeointimal hyperplasiaThrombus formationAcute thrombus formationCell lossHuman AVF maturationGene OntologyAVF maturationAVF patencyEarly thrombus formationArteriovenous fistulaC57BL/6 miceClinical failureWistar ratsEndothelial lossKidney diseaseImmune responseEndothelial cellsHyperplasiaMiceAVF
2023
Carbon dioxide angiography during peripheral vascular interventions is associated with decreased cardiac and renal complications in patients with chronic kidney disease
Lee S, Ali S, Cardella J, Turner J, Guzman R, Dardik A, Ochoa Chaar C. Carbon dioxide angiography during peripheral vascular interventions is associated with decreased cardiac and renal complications in patients with chronic kidney disease. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2023, 78: 201-208. PMID: 36948278, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2023.03.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdvanced chronic kidney diseaseChronic kidney diseasePeripheral vascular interventionsContrast volume usagePC-AKICarbon dioxide angiographyCardiac complicationsPropensity matchingKidney diseaseVascular interventionsPost-contrast acute kidney injuryAcute kidney injuryOutcomes of patientsPeripheral arterial diseasePoor renal functionMultivariate logistic regressionLower contrast volumeVolume of contrastCardiac comorbiditiesKidney injuryMinor amputationRenal complicationsRenal functionEndovascular therapyArterial disease