2022
Constructing custom-made radiotranscriptomic signatures of vascular inflammation from routine CT angiograms: a prospective outcomes validation study in COVID-19
Kotanidis CP, Xie C, Alexander D, Rodrigues JCL, Burnham K, Mentzer A, O’Connor D, Knight J, Siddique M, Lockstone H, Thomas S, Kotronias R, Oikonomou EK, Badi I, Lyasheva M, Shirodaria C, Lumley SF, Constantinides B, Sanderson N, Rodger G, Chau KK, Lodge A, Tsakok M, Gleeson F, Adlam D, Rao P, Indrajeet D, Deshpande A, Bajaj A, Hudson BJ, Srivastava V, Farid S, Krasopoulos G, Sayeed R, Ho LP, Neubauer S, Newby DE, Channon KM, Deanfield J, Antoniades C, Consortium C, Ahern D, Ai Z, Ainsworth M, Allan C, Allcock A, Angus B, Ansari M, Arancibia-Cárcamo C, Aschenbrenner D, Attar M, Baillie J, Barnes E, Bashford-Rogers R, Bashyal A, Beer S, Berridge G, Beveridge A, Bibi S, Bicanic T, Blackwell L, Bowness P, Brent A, Brown A, Broxholme J, Buck D, Burnham K, Byrne H, Camara S, Ferreira I, Charles P, Chen W, Chen Y, Chong A, Clutterbuck E, Coles M, Conlon C, Cornall R, Cribbs A, Curion F, Davenport E, Davidson N, Davis S, Dendrou C, Dequaire J, Dib L, Docker J, Dold C, Dong T, Downes D, Drakesmith H, Dunachie S, Duncan D, Eijsbouts C, Esnouf R, Espinosa A, Etherington R, Fairfax B, Fairhead R, Fang H, Fassih S, Felle S, Mendoza M, Ferreira R, Fischer R, Foord T, Forrow A, Frater J, Fries A, Sanchez V, Garner L, Geeves C, Georgiou D, Godfrey L, Golubchik T, Vazquez M, Green A, Harper H, Harrington H, Heilig R, Hester S, Hill J, Hinds C, Hird C, Ho L, Hoekzema R, Hollis B, Hughes J, Hutton P, Jackson-Wood M, Jainarayanan A, James-Bott A, Jansen K, Jeffery K, Jones E, Jostins L, Kerr G, Kim D, Klenerman P, Knight J, Kumar V, Sharma P, Kurupati P, Kwok A, Lee A, Linder A, Lockett T, Lonie L, Lopopolo M, Lukoseviciute M, Luo J, Marinou S, Marsden B, Martinez J, Matthews P, Mazurczyk M, McGowan S, McKechnie S, Mead A, Mentzer A, Mi Y, Monaco C, Montadon R, Napolitani G, Nassiri I, Novak A, O'Brien D, O'Connor D, O'Donnell D, Ogg G, Overend L, Park I, Pavord I, Peng Y, Penkava F, Pinho M, Perez E, Pollard A, Powrie F, Psaila B, Quan T, Repapi E, Revale S, Silva-Reyes L, Richard J, Rich-Griffin C, Ritter T, Rollier C, Rowland M, Ruehle F, Salio M, Sansom S, Peres R, Delgado A, Sauka-Spengler T, Schwessinger R, Scozzafava G, Screaton G, Seigal A, Semple M, Sergeant M, Karali C, Sims D, Skelly D, Slawinski H, Sobrinodiaz A, Sousos N, Stafford L, Stockdale L, Strickland M, Sumray O, Sun B, Taylor C, Taylor S, Taylor A, Thongjuea S, Thraves H, Todd J, Tomic A, Tong O, Trebes A, Trzupek D, Tucci F, Turtle L, Udalova I, Uhlig H, van Grinsven E, Vendrell I, Verheul M, Voda A, Wang G, Wang L, Wang D, Watkinson P, Watson R, Weinberger M, Whalley J, Witty L, Wray K, Xue L, Yeung H, Yin Z, Young R, Youngs J, Zhang P, Zurke Y, investigators O, Banning A, Antonopoulos A, Bajaj A, Kelion A, Deshpande A, Kardos A, Hudson B, Koo B, Shirodaria C, Xie C, Kotanidis C, Mahon C, Berry C, Adlam D, Newby D, Connolly D, Scaletta D, Alexander D, Nicol E, McAlindon E, Oikonomou E, Pugliese F, Pontone G, Benedetti G, He G, West H, Kondo H, Benedek I, Das I, Deanfield J, Graby J, Greenwood J, Rodrigues J, Ge J, Channon K, Fabritz L, Fan L, Kingham L, Guglielmo M, Lyasheva M, Schmitt M, Beer M, Anderson M, Desai M, Marwan M, Takahashi N, Mehta N, Dai N, Screaton N, Sabharwal N, Maurovich-Horvat P, Rao P, Kotronias R, Kharbanda R, Preston R, Wood R, Blankstein R, Rajani R, Mirsadraee S, Munir S, Thomas S, Neubauer S, Klömpken S, Petersen S, Achenbach S, Anthony S, Mak S, Mittal T, Benedek T, Sharma V, Lin W. Constructing custom-made radiotranscriptomic signatures of vascular inflammation from routine CT angiograms: a prospective outcomes validation study in COVID-19. The Lancet Digital Health 2022, 4: e705-e716. PMID: 36038496, PMCID: PMC9417284, DOI: 10.1016/s2589-7500(22)00132-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInternal mammary arteryVascular inflammationSARS-CoV-2 variantsPrognostic valueHospital mortalityMammary arteryCT angiogramDexamethasone treatmentCOVID-19Angiography scansHuman internal mammary arteryB.1.1.7 SARS-CoV-2 variantNon-invasive imaging biomarkersBlood transcriptional modulesCytokine-driven inflammationDysregulation of coagulationAdverse clinical outcomesLong-term complicationsBritish Heart FoundationPulmonary CT angiographyNational Health Service TrustPlatelet aggregation pathwaysHealth Service TrustCT angiography scansUK National Health Service Trusts
2021
Biomarkers of Vascular Inflammation for Cardiovascular Risk Prognostication A Meta-Analysis
Antonopoulos A, Angelopoulos A, Papanikolaou P, Simantiris S, Oikonomou E, Vamvakaris K, Koumpoura A, Farmaki M, Trivella M, Vlachopoulos C, Tsioufis K, Antoniades C, Tousoulis D. Biomarkers of Vascular Inflammation for Cardiovascular Risk Prognostication A Meta-Analysis. JACC Cardiovascular Imaging 2021, 15: 460-471. PMID: 34801448, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.09.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary heart diseaseVascular inflammationInflammatory biomarkersRisk stratificationPrognostic valueClinical risk factorsNet clinical benefitValue of biomarkersUse of biomarkersMeasurement of biomarkersMeta-regression analysisLack of reportingCardiovascular eventsCohort studyStable patientsEvent incidenceRisk prognosticationClinical benefitHeart diseaseRisk factorsRisk discriminationClinical practiceInflammationSuch biomarkersMeta-Analysis
2017
Vascular inflammation and metabolic activity in hematopoietic organs and liver in familial combined hyperlipidemia and heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
Toutouzas K, Skoumas J, Koutagiar I, Benetos G, Pianou N, Georgakopoulos A, Galanakos S, Antonopoulos A, Drakopoulou M, Oikonomou EK, Kafouris P, Athanasiadis E, Metaxas M, Spyrou G, Pallantza Z, Galiatsatos N, Aggeli C, Antoniades C, Keramida G, Peters AM, Anagnostopoulos CD, Tousoulis D. Vascular inflammation and metabolic activity in hematopoietic organs and liver in familial combined hyperlipidemia and heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. Journal Of Clinical Lipidology 2017, 12: 33-43. PMID: 29174439, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2017.10.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBiomarkersBone MarrowCase-Control StudiesC-Reactive ProteinFemaleHeterozygoteHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsHyperlipidemia, Familial CombinedHyperlipoproteinemia Type IIInflammationLipoproteins, LDLLiverMaleMiddle AgedPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographySpleenConceptsHeFH patientsFDG uptakeAortic TBRVascular inflammationBone marrowFamilial dyslipidemiaHigher low-density lipoprotein levelsF-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/High-sensitivity C-reactive proteinBone marrow FDG uptakeLow-density lipoprotein levelsPositron emission tomography/C-reactive proteinHigh FDG uptakeHeterozygous familial hypercholesterolemiaLow-density lipoproteinHepatic metabolic activityHematopoietic organsHigh liver uptakeDyslipidemic groupAdult patientsCardiovascular riskInflammatory biomarkersSerum lipidsAccelerated atherogenesisDetecting human coronary inflammation by imaging perivascular fat
Antonopoulos AS, Sanna F, Sabharwal N, Thomas S, Oikonomou EK, Herdman L, Margaritis M, Shirodaria C, Kampoli AM, Akoumianakis I, Petrou M, Sayeed R, Krasopoulos G, Psarros C, Ciccone P, Brophy CM, Digby J, Kelion A, Uberoi R, Anthony S, Alexopoulos N, Tousoulis D, Achenbach S, Neubauer S, Channon KM, Antoniades C. Detecting human coronary inflammation by imaging perivascular fat. Science Translational Medicine 2017, 9 PMID: 28701474, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aal2658.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerivascular adipose tissueFat attenuation indexVascular inflammationSubclinical coronary artery diseaseHuman adipose tissue explantsHuman vesselsLipid accumulationHuman coronary vasculatureAcute coronary syndromeCoronary artery diseaseVulnerable atherosclerotic plaquesIntracellular lipid accumulationHuman coronary arteriesAdipocyte lipid contentAdipose tissue explantsPositron emission tomographyCT scan informationCoronary inflammationCoronary syndromeArtery diseaseCardiac surgeryValidation cohortCoronary arteryMultiple disease statesTissue inflammation