2012
Molecular Imaging of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptors in Graft Arteriosclerosis
Zhang J, Razavian M, Tavakoli S, Nie L, Tellides G, Backer JM, Backer MV, Bender JR, Sadeghi MM. Molecular Imaging of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptors in Graft Arteriosclerosis. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis And Vascular Biology 2012, 32: 1849-1855. PMID: 22723442, PMCID: PMC3401339, DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.112.252510.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGraft arteriosclerosisArtery graftVascular remodelingAllogeneic human peripheral blood mononuclear cellsHuman coronary artery segmentsHuman peripheral blood mononuclear cellsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsSevere combined immunodeficiency miceVEGF receptorsVascular endothelial growth factor receptorLate organ failureHuman coronary artery graftsSolid organ transplantationCoronary artery graftsEndothelial growth factor receptorBlood mononuclear cellsCoronary artery segmentsCombined immunodeficiency miceReceptor 2 expressionVEGF receptor-2 expressionMolecular imagingSignificant neointima formationVascular endothelial growth factor signalingVEGF receptor 1Growth factor receptor
2004
Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1-targeted detection of endothelial activation in human microvasculature
Sadeghi MM, Schechner JS, Krassilnikova S, Gharaei AA, Zhang J, Kirkiles-Smith N, Sinusas AJ, Zaret BL, Bender JR. Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1-targeted detection of endothelial activation in human microvasculature. Transplantation Proceedings 2004, 36: 1585-1591. PMID: 15251390, DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.05.060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChimeric human/mouse modelHuman/mouse modelHuman skin graftsEndothelial activationSkin graftsEndothelial cellsMouse modelIsotype-matched control antibodySCID/beige miceTumor necrosis factorEndothelial adhesion moleculesMurine VCAM-1Murine red blood cellsRed blood cellsHuman endothelial cellsControl antibodyInflammatory responseNecrosis factorBeige miceTc-99mVCAM-1Tissue vascularityMonoclonal antibodiesBlood cellsAdhesion molecules