2019
Cardiomyocyte d-dopachrome tautomerase protects against heart failure
Ma Y, Su KN, Pfau D, Rao VS, Wu X, Hu X, Leng L, Du X, Piecychna M, Bedi K, Campbell SG, Eichmann A, Testani JM, Margulies KB, Bucala R, Young LH. Cardiomyocyte d-dopachrome tautomerase protects against heart failure. JCI Insight 2019, 4: e128900. PMID: 31484822, PMCID: PMC6777911, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.128900.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCalciumCardiomegalyCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalEchocardiographyGene DeletionGene ExpressionGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHeart FailureHumansIntramolecular OxidoreductasesMaleMAP Kinase Kinase KinasesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMyocytes, CardiacRecombinant ProteinsSignal TransductionTranscriptomeVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AConceptsTransverse aortic constrictionHeart failureRecombinant DDTConnective tissue growth factor expressionTissue growth factor expressionMore interstitial fibrosisAdvanced heart failureCardiac pressure overloadExperimental heart failureCardiac contractile dysfunctionLittermate control miceSmad-2 activationGrowth factor expressionSarcoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPaseMacrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) familyReticulum calcium ATPasePulmonary edemaCardiac dilatationContractile dysfunctionControl miceInterstitial fibrosisPressure overloadAntifibrotic actionAortic constrictionLow VEGFGDF15 Is an Inflammation-Induced Central Mediator of Tissue Tolerance
Luan HH, Wang A, Hilliard B, Carvalho F, Rosen CE, Ahasic A, Herzog E, Kang I, Pisani MA, Yu S, Zhang C, Ring A, Young L, Medzhitov R. GDF15 Is an Inflammation-Induced Central Mediator of Tissue Tolerance. Cell 2019, 178: 1231-1244.e11. PMID: 31402172, PMCID: PMC6863354, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.07.033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsViral infectionTriglyceride metabolismImpaired cardiac functionRole of GDF15Differentiation factor 15Plasma triglyceride levelsSympathetic outflowInflammatory damageTriglyceride levelsCardiac functionInflammatory responseExogenous administrationProtective effectFactor 15GDF15Central mediatorTissue toleranceBody temperatureInfectionMetabolismSepsisInflammationAdministrationHormone
2016
PI3 kinase inhibition improves vascular malformations in mouse models of hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia
Ola R, Dubrac A, Han J, Zhang F, Fang JS, Larrivée B, Lee M, Urarte AA, Kraehling JR, Genet G, Hirschi KK, Sessa WC, Canals FV, Graupera M, Yan M, Young LH, Oh PS, Eichmann A. PI3 kinase inhibition improves vascular malformations in mouse models of hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia. Nature Communications 2016, 7: 13650. PMID: 27897192, PMCID: PMC5141347, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13650.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActivin Receptors, Type IActivin Receptors, Type IIAnimalsBone Morphogenetic ProteinsDisease Models, AnimalGene DeletionHuman Umbilical Vein Endothelial CellsHumansMiceModels, BiologicalNeovascularization, PathologicPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPhosphoinositide-3 Kinase InhibitorsProtein Kinase InhibitorsRetinaSignal TransductionTelangiectasia, Hereditary HemorrhagicVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2Vascular MalformationsConceptsHereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia type 2Activin receptor-like kinase 1Arteriovenous malformationsAVM formationAlk1 deletionPharmacological PI3K inhibitionExcessive angiogenesisSerine-threonine kinase receptorsBone morphogenetic protein 9PI3K pathway activationHereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasiaPI3-kinase inhibitionReceptor-like kinase 1PI3K/AktPI3K inhibitionVascular lesionsVascular malformationsGastrointestinal tractMouse modelProtein 9Type 2Kinase 1Retinal vesselsGenetic deletionALK1 gene
2009
Diet-induced obesity obstructs insulin signaling in the heart
Young LH. Diet-induced obesity obstructs insulin signaling in the heart. AJP Heart And Circulatory Physiology 2009, 298: h306-h307. PMID: 19940075, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01088.2009.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
1996
Glucose metabolism distal to a critical coronary stenosis in a canine model of low-flow myocardial ischemia.
McNulty PH, Sinusas AJ, Shi CQ, Dione D, Young LH, Cline GC, Shulman GI. Glucose metabolism distal to a critical coronary stenosis in a canine model of low-flow myocardial ischemia. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 1996, 98: 62-69. PMID: 8690805, PMCID: PMC507401, DOI: 10.1172/jci118778.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-flow ischemiaCoronary stenosisIschemic myocardiumIschemic regionLow-flow myocardial ischemiaCritical coronary stenosisExogenous glucoseOxidative substrateMyocardial ischemiaIntact dogsGlucose metabolismNonischemic regionsClinical observationsCanine modelGlucose utilizationIschemiaBiochemical measurementsMyocardial regionsRate of incorporationIntracellular metabolismTricarboxylic acid cycle fluxStenosisMyocardiumGlucoseGlucose-derived pyruvate