2024
Abstract 3092: Smooth Muscle Cell Tgf-β Receptor Knockout Improves Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation Via Attenuation Of Autophagy
Zhang W, Bai H, Gonzalez L, Li Z, Ohashi Y, Thaxton C, aoyagi Y, Yatsula B, Kano M, Xie Y, Cai Y, Chang S, Dardik A. Abstract 3092: Smooth Muscle Cell Tgf-β Receptor Knockout Improves Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation Via Attenuation Of Autophagy. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis And Vascular Biology 2024, 44 DOI: 10.1161/atvb.44.suppl_1.3092.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic kidney diseaseSmooth muscle cellsEnd-stage renal diseaseArteriovenous fistulaHuman arteriovenous fistulaeControl miceC57BL/6J miceCKD showRate of primary failureBasilic vein transpositionTGF-bModel of arteriovenous fistulaTGF-b1 expressionArteriovenous fistula failureArteriovenous fistula maturationWild type miceControl C57BL/6J miceIncreased markers of autophagyTGF-b signalingVein transpositionAortocaval fistulaAVF maturationReceptor knockoutMT/mG miceSham nephrectomy
2022
A three-layered hydrogel patch with hierarchy releasing of PLGA nanoparticle drugs decrease neointimal hyperplasia
Wei S, Li J, He H, Shu C, Dardik A, Bai H. A three-layered hydrogel patch with hierarchy releasing of PLGA nanoparticle drugs decrease neointimal hyperplasia. Smart Materials In Medicine 2022, 3: 139-147. DOI: 10.1016/j.smaim.2021.12.005.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Induced pluripotent stem cell-derived smooth muscle cells increase angiogenesis and accelerate diabetic wound healing
Gorecka J, Gao X, Fereydooni A, Dash BC, Luo J, Lee SR, Taniguchi R, Hsia HC, Qyang Y, Dardik A. Induced pluripotent stem cell-derived smooth muscle cells increase angiogenesis and accelerate diabetic wound healing. Regenerative Medicine 2020, 15: 1277-1293. PMID: 32228292, PMCID: PMC7304438, DOI: 10.2217/rme-2019-0086.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmooth muscle cellsMuscle cellsDiabetic wound healingWound healingPro-angiogenic cytokinesMurine AdiposeStem cellsType macrophagesCollagen scaffoldsCultured mediumM2-type macrophagesCellsNumber of totalNew candidatesAngiogenesisNude miceDiabetic woundsPromising new candidateScaffoldsHealingCytokinesExpressionSecreteWoundsAdipose
2010
Expression and localization of vascular endothelial growth factor in normal abdominal aorta and abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Nishibe T, Dardik A, Kondo Y, Kudo F, Muto A, Nishi M, Nishibe M, Shigematsu H. Expression and localization of vascular endothelial growth factor in normal abdominal aorta and abdominal aortic aneurysm. International Angiology 2010, 29: 260-5. PMID: 20502414.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVascular endothelial growth factorAbdominal aortic aneurysmSmooth muscle cellsAortic aneurysmEndothelial growth factorEndothelial cellsAbdominal aortaPositive vascular endothelial growth factorNormal abdominal aortaAbdominal aortic aneurysm surgeryLocalization of VEGFExpression of VEGFGrowth factorNormal aortic samplesAbdominal aortic aneurysm samplesAortic aneurysm surgeryAneurysm samplesHuman abdominal aortic aneurysmImmunofluorescent double stainingAbdominal aorta samplesAneurysm surgeryRegulators of angiogenesisNormal human aortaAneurysm formationAutopsy specimens