2016
Age‐associated vascular inflammation promotes monocytosis during atherogenesis
Du W, Wong C, Song Y, Shen H, Mori D, Rotllan N, Price N, Dobrian AD, Meng H, Kleinstein SH, Fernandez‐Hernando C, Goldstein DR. Age‐associated vascular inflammation promotes monocytosis during atherogenesis. Aging Cell 2016, 15: 766-777. PMID: 27135421, PMCID: PMC4933655, DOI: 10.1111/acel.12488.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgingAnimalsAortaAtherosclerosisBlood VesselsCell CountChemotaxisCulture Media, ConditionedDiet, High-FatDown-RegulationHematopoiesisHemodynamicsInflammationInflammation MediatorsInsulin ResistanceInterleukin-6LeukocytosisMacrophagesMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMonocytesOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisReceptors, LDLStromal CellsUp-RegulationConceptsHigh-fat dietVascular inflammationMacrophage accumulationAtherosclerotic aortaBone marrow transplant experimentsStromal factorsElevated blood pressureVascular smooth muscle cellsLow-fat dietSmooth muscle cellsBlood pressurePeripheral monocytosisProinflammatory stateInflammatory stateLDL levelsIL-6Insulin resistancePeripheral bloodEnhanced atherogenesisInflammatory responseMetabolic dysfunctionYoung aortasMurine modelProduction of osteopontinCCL-2
2012
The Blood Transcriptional Signature of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Is Consistent with an Ongoing Interferon-Mediated Antiviral Response
Bolen CR, Robek MD, Brodsky L, Schulz V, Lim JK, Taylor MW, Kleinstein SH. The Blood Transcriptional Signature of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Is Consistent with an Ongoing Interferon-Mediated Antiviral Response. Journal Of Interferon & Cytokine Research 2012, 33: 15-23. PMID: 23067362, PMCID: PMC3539252, DOI: 10.1089/jir.2012.0037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsHCV patientsHealthy volunteersChronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infectionChronic hepatitis C virusInfected individualsTreatment-naïve HCV patientsHepatitis C virus infectionBlood transcriptional profilesBlood transcriptional signaturesC virus infectionChronic HCV infectionOngoing immune responseBlood mononuclear cellsHepatitis C virusBlood transcriptional profilingDrug treatment responseHCV infectionSubset of IFNMononuclear cellsC virusIFN signatureHealthy controlsTreatment responseVirus infection