Differential inflammatory responses of the native left and right ventricle associated with donor heart preservation
Lei I, Huang W, Ward PA, Pober JS, Tellides G, Ailawadi G, Pagani FD, Landstrom AP, Wang Z, Mortensen RM, Cascalho M, Platt J, Chen Y, Lam HYK, Tang PC. Differential inflammatory responses of the native left and right ventricle associated with donor heart preservation. Physiological Reports 2021, 9: e15004. PMID: 34435466, PMCID: PMC8387788, DOI: 10.14814/phy2.15004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRight ventricleCold ischemiaIL-10Inflammatory responseIL-6 protein levelsCold ischemic preservationEx vivo ischemiaLeft ventricle dysfunctionCold ischemic timeDonor heart preservationInflammatory cytokine expressionCell deathDifferential inflammatory responseTumor necrosis factorComparable inflammatory responsesHuman donor heartsCaspase-3 expressionIschemic preservationVentricle dysfunctionInflammasome expressionIschemic timeRNA sequencingContractile dysfunctionDonor heartsWarm perfusion