2016
Systemic and cell-specific mechanisms of vasculopathy induced by human immunodeficiency virus and highly active antiretroviral therapy
Haser GC, Sumpio B. Systemic and cell-specific mechanisms of vasculopathy induced by human immunodeficiency virus and highly active antiretroviral therapy. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2016, 65: 849-859. PMID: 26994951, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2016.01.036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virusActive antiretroviral therapySmooth muscle cellsAntiretroviral therapyHIV patientsImmunodeficiency virusTraditional cardiovascular risk factorsMuscle cellsEndothelial cellsCardiovascular risk factorsChronic immune activationSerious cardiovascular eventsDevelopment of atherosclerosisVascular systemCardiovascular eventsVascular complicationsHIV medicationsChronic inflammationImmune activationMyocardial infarctionRisk factorsCell-specific mechanismsGeneral populationCholesterol metabolismCardiovascular pathology
2005
Nicotine induces mitogen-activated protein kinase dependent vascular smooth muscle cell migration
Di Luozzo G, Pradhan S, Dhadwal AK, Chen A, Ueno H, Sumpio BE. Nicotine induces mitogen-activated protein kinase dependent vascular smooth muscle cell migration. Atherosclerosis 2005, 178: 271-277. PMID: 15694934, DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2004.09.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVascular smooth muscle cell migrationSmooth muscle cell migrationMuscle cell migrationInhibitors of p38VSMC migrationMitogen-activated protein kinaseEndothelial cellsDevelopment of atherosclerosisEffects of nicotineCell migrationWestern blotting methodInjury modelVascular endotheliumCigarette smokeBoyden chamber chemotaxis assaysAortic VSMCsChemotactic effectMAPKs p38NicotineChemoattractant moleculesChemotaxis assaysCellular mechanismsUltrastructural changesVSMCP44/42 activation