2023
Sex hormones impact early maturation and immune response in the arteriovenous fistula mouse model
Satam K, Ohashi Y, Thaxton C, Gonzalez L, Setia O, Bai H, Aoyagi Y, Xie Y, Zhang W, Yatsula B, Martin K, Cai Y, Dardik A. Sex hormones impact early maturation and immune response in the arteriovenous fistula mouse model. AJP Heart And Circulatory Physiology 2023, 325: h77-h88. PMID: 37145957, PMCID: PMC10243550, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00049.2023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntact female miceAVF maturationSex hormonesT cellsFemale miceArteriovenous fistulaMale miceMouse modelHigher IL-10Arteriovenous fistula creationImmune cell recruitmentSex-specific therapiesHormone receptor signalingSex differencesHuman AVF maturationAVF surgeryMale patientsClinical outcomesFemale patientsFistula maturationIL-10C57BL/6 miceInferior outcomesVenous adaptationFistula creation
2018
Inhibition of endo-lysosomal function exacerbates vascular calcification
Cai Y, Wang XL, Flores AM, Lin T, Guzman RJ. Inhibition of endo-lysosomal function exacerbates vascular calcification. Scientific Reports 2018, 8: 3377. PMID: 29467541, PMCID: PMC5821871, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-17540-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVascular smooth muscle cellsVascular calcificationAortic rings ex vivoChronic kidney diseaseMedial artery calcificationSmooth muscle cellsLysosomal inhibitor chloroquineCardiovascular morbidityArtery calcificationPathologic responseDiabetes mellitusAortic ringsKidney diseaseMedial calcificationVitamin D3Osteogenic transformationVSMC calcificationLysosomal marker lysosomeProtective roleLysosome inhibitionInhibitor chloroquineMembrane protein 2Ex vivoMuscle cellsCalcification