2020
Dual Angiotensin Receptor-Neprilysin Inhibition With Sacubitril/Valsartan Attenuates Systolic Dysfunction in Experimental Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity
Boutagy NE, Feher A, Pfau D, Liu Z, Guerrera NM, Freeburg LA, Womack SJ, Hoenes AC, Zeiss C, Young LH, Spinale FG, Sinusas AJ. Dual Angiotensin Receptor-Neprilysin Inhibition With Sacubitril/Valsartan Attenuates Systolic Dysfunction in Experimental Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity. JACC CardioOncology 2020, 2: 774-787. PMID: 33437965, PMCID: PMC7799406, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccao.2020.09.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSac/ValRodent modelsControl animalsMMP activityMatrix metalloproteinasesAngiotensin receptor blocker therapyAngiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitionTime-matched control animalsMyocardial MMP activityReceptor blocker therapySacubitril/valsartanHeart failure patientsVentricular ejection fractionAnthracycline-induced cardiotoxicityDoxorubicin-Induced CardiotoxicityMale Wistar ratsSubgroup of animalsBlocker therapyAldosterone inhibitorsSystolic dysfunctionFailure patientsEjection fractionCardioprotective actionVentricular remodelingMyocardial infarction
2013
MyD88 Deficiency Markedly Worsens Tissue Inflammation and Bacterial Clearance in Mice Infected with Treponema pallidum, the Agent of Syphilis
Silver AC, Dunne DW, Zeiss CJ, Bockenstedt LK, Radolf JD, Salazar JC, Fikrig E. MyD88 Deficiency Markedly Worsens Tissue Inflammation and Bacterial Clearance in Mice Infected with Treponema pallidum, the Agent of Syphilis. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e71388. PMID: 23940747, PMCID: PMC3734110, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071388.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyD88-deficient miceTreponema pallidumMyD88-deficient animalsResistance of miceToll-like receptorsWild-type miceMyD88-deficient macrophagesMacrophage-mediated clearanceHigh pathogen burdenMyD88 deficiencySpirochete Treponema pallidumWT miceTissue infiltratesBacterial clearanceExtensive inflammationTissue inflammationPlasma cellsControl animalsWT macrophagesMost TLRsAnimal modelsMixed mononuclearPathogen burdenMiceT. pallidum