2022
Baseline Serum Biomarkers of Inflammation and Subsequent Visit-to-Visit Blood Pressure Variability: A Post Hoc Analysis of MESA
Wong KH, Muddasani V, Peterson C, Sheibani N, Arkin C, Cheong I, Majersik JJ, Biffi A, Petersen N, Falcone GJ, Sansing LH, de Havenon AH. Baseline Serum Biomarkers of Inflammation and Subsequent Visit-to-Visit Blood Pressure Variability: A Post Hoc Analysis of MESA. American Journal Of Hypertension 2022, 36: 144-147. PMID: 36315490, PMCID: PMC11484580, DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpac122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood pressure variabilityHigh blood pressure variabilitySerum inflammatory markersPlasmin-antiplasmin complexC-reactive proteinInterleukin-6Inflammatory markersBlood pressureStudy visitPressure variabilityBaseline serum IL-6Visit blood pressure variabilityLipid-lowering medicationsMean blood pressureSerum IL-6Markers of inflammationSystolic blood pressureBaseline study visitBody mass indexOnly IL-6Major vascular diseasesMulti-Ethnic StudyBaseline serum biomarkersPatient age categoryPost Hoc Analysis
2020
Plasma neurofilament light predicts mortality in patients with stroke
Gendron TF, Badi MK, Heckman MG, Jansen-West KR, Vilanilam GK, Johnson PW, Burch AR, Walton RL, Ross OA, Brott TG, Miller TM, Berry JD, Nicholson KA, Wszolek ZK, Oskarsson BE, Sheth KN, Sansing LH, Falcone GJ, Cucchiara BL, Meschia JF, Petrucelli L. Plasma neurofilament light predicts mortality in patients with stroke. Science Translational Medicine 2020, 12 PMID: 33177179, PMCID: PMC9534269, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aay1913.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood neurofilament lightNeurofilament lightStroke typeNeuroaxonal injuryHigher NfL concentrationsMini-Mental State ExaminationStroke brain injuryAcute cerebral infarctionModified Rankin ScaleEarly ischemic injuryNontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhageNIH Stroke ScaleBrain tissue damagePlasma neurofilament lightIntracranial hemorrhage volumeClinical trial efficiencyBlood biomarker studiesStroke therapeuticsCause mortalityStroke ScaleCerebral infarctionRankin ScaleFunctional disabilityIntracerebral hemorrhageIschemic injury
2019
Transforming growth factor-β promotes basement membrane fibrosis, alters perivascular cerebrospinal fluid distribution, and worsens neurological recovery in the aged brain after stroke
Howe MD, Furr JW, Munshi Y, Roy-O’Reilly M, Maniskas ME, Koellhoffer EC, d’Aigle J, Sansing LH, McCullough LD, Urayama A. Transforming growth factor-β promotes basement membrane fibrosis, alters perivascular cerebrospinal fluid distribution, and worsens neurological recovery in the aged brain after stroke. GeroScience 2019, 41: 543-559. PMID: 31721012, PMCID: PMC6885082, DOI: 10.1007/s11357-019-00118-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPoor functional recoveryFunctional recoveryExperimental strokeAstrocyte activationStroke patientsAged brainCultured astrocytesSerum TGF-β levelsTGF-β receptor inhibitionPotential new treatment strategyGlial scar developmentElderly stroke patientsTGF-β levelsPoor functional outcomeOxygen-glucose deprivationCerebrospinal fluid distributionNew treatment strategiesPrimary cultured astrocytesExogenous TGF-β stimulationBasement membraneTGF-β stimulationNeurological recoveryElderly patientsSerum levelsFunctional outcome