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Prior Exposure to Experimental Preeclampsia Increases Atherosclerotic Plaque Inflammation in Atherogenic Mice—Brief Report
Biwer L, Man J, Camarda N, Carvajal B, Karumanchi S, Jaffe I. Prior Exposure to Experimental Preeclampsia Increases Atherosclerotic Plaque Inflammation in Atherogenic Mice—Brief Report. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis And Vascular Biology 2024, 44: 946-953. PMID: 38450510, PMCID: PMC10978246, DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.123.320474.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtherosclerotic plaque inflammationLDLr-KO micePlaque inflammationAortic root plaque sizeEvidence of premature atherosclerosisFlow cytometryRisk factorsHistory of preeclampsiaIncreased risk of myocardial infarctionPreexisting risk factorsRisk of myocardial infarctionFed high-fat dietExpression of IGFBP6Mouse atherosclerosis modelHigh-density lipoproteinAortic cytokinesNecrotic core areaPreeclampsia exposureSerum sFlt1Normotensive pregnanciesHigh-fat dietPreeclampsia pregnanciesCD3+T cellsHigh-fat feedingLow-density lipoprotein
2015
Time course of cardiac inflammation during nitric oxide synthase inhibition in SHR: impact of prior transient ACE inhibition
Biwer L, D'souza K, Abidali A, Tu D, Siniard A, DeBoth M, Huentelman M, Hale T. Time course of cardiac inflammation during nitric oxide synthase inhibition in SHR: impact of prior transient ACE inhibition. Hypertension Research 2015, 39: 8-18. PMID: 26490086, DOI: 10.1038/hr.2015.107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransient ACE inhibitionNAME treatmentPulse pressureNOS inhibitionACE inhibitionCardiac remodelingInterleukin-6Nitric oxide synthase inhibitionCytokine/chemokine levelsNitric oxide synthase inhibitorMonocyte chemoattractant protein-1Adult male SHRChemokine release profileOxide synthase inhibitionOxide synthase inhibitorChemoattractant protein-1Arginine methyl esterPathological cardiac remodelingChemokine levelsMale SHRCardiac inflammationArterial pressureBlood pressureHypertensive ratsIL-10