2024
Stiffening of the human proximal pulmonary artery with increasing age
Manning E, Mishall P, Ramachandra A, Hassab A, Lamy J, Peters D, Murphy T, Heerdt P, Singh I, Downie S, Choudhary G, Tellides G, Humphrey J. Stiffening of the human proximal pulmonary artery with increasing age. Physiological Reports 2024, 12: e16090. PMID: 38884325, PMCID: PMC11181131, DOI: 10.14814/phy2.16090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProximal pulmonary arteriesPulmonary arteryAge-related stiffeningRight ventricular ejection fractionVentricular ejection fractionMean wall thicknessEjection fractionNo significant differenceSystemic circulationLuminal caliberDiffusing capacityArterial stiffeningIncreasing ageSignificant differenceDistensionArteryWall thicknessAdverse effectsWall strainVessel diameterCyclic biaxial strainOrgan donorsAgeMicrostructural remodeling
2000
Human TNF Can Induce Nonspecific Inflammatory and Human Immune-Mediated Microvascular Injury of Pig Skin Xenografts in Immunodeficient Mouse Hosts
Kirkiles-Smith N, Tereb D, Kim R, McNiff J, Schechner J, Lorber M, Pober J, Tellides G. Human TNF Can Induce Nonspecific Inflammatory and Human Immune-Mediated Microvascular Injury of Pig Skin Xenografts in Immunodeficient Mouse Hosts. The Journal Of Immunology 2000, 164: 6601-6609. PMID: 10843720, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.12.6601.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdoptive TransferAdultAnimalsCell Adhesion MoleculesDose-Response Relationship, ImmunologicDrug SynergismEndothelium, VascularGraft RejectionHistocompatibility AntigensHumansInterferon-gammaMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, SCIDMicrocirculationSevere Combined ImmunodeficiencySkin TransplantationSwineT-LymphocytesTransplantation, HeterologousTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaUp-RegulationConceptsHuman T-cell infiltrationPig skin xenograftsT cell infiltrationSkin xenograftsCell infiltrationHuman TNFIFN-gammaE-selectinT cell-mediated rejectionEndothelial cellsAdhesion moleculesCytokine-mediated injuryNonspecific inflammatory damagePig skin graftsCell-mediated rejectionAppropriate therapeutic targetsImmunodeficient mouse modelPorcine E-selectinEndothelial adhesion moleculesPorcine IFN-gammaClass II moleculesHuman skin allograftsMHC class IPorcine endothelial cellsImmunodeficient mouse hostsInterferon-γ elicits arteriosclerosis in the absence of leukocytes
Tellides G, Tereb D, Kirkiles-Smith N, Kim R, Wilson J, Schechner J, Lorber M, Pober J. Interferon-γ elicits arteriosclerosis in the absence of leukocytes. Nature 2000, 403: 207-211. PMID: 10646607, DOI: 10.1038/35003221.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnimalsArteriosclerosisCell DivisionCells, CulturedCoronary VesselsHistocompatibility AntigensHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedImmunohistochemistryInterferon-gammaLeukocytesMiceMice, SCIDMuscle, Smooth, VascularPlatelet-Derived Growth FactorReceptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor betaSwineTransplantation, HeterologousConceptsVascular smooth muscle cellsGraft arteriosclerosisIntimal expansionAbsence of leukocytesLesions of atherosclerosisSmooth muscle cellsAllogeneic transplantationArteriosclerotic changesAtheroma formationCytokine interferonExogenous IFNAntigen presentationT cellsImmunodeficient miceMononuclear leukocytesMouse modelArterial intimaIFNMuscle cellsArteriosclerosisLeukocytesHuman arteriesAtherosclerosisCellsTransplantation