2017
Characterization of Macrophage Polarization States Using Combined Measurement of 2-Deoxyglucose and Glutamine Accumulation
Tavakoli S, Downs K, Short JD, Nguyen HN, Lai Y, Jerabek PA, Goins B, Toczek J, Sadeghi MM, Asmis R. Characterization of Macrophage Polarization States Using Combined Measurement of 2-Deoxyglucose and Glutamine Accumulation. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis And Vascular Biology 2017, 37: 1840-1848. PMID: 28798141, PMCID: PMC8036006, DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.117.308848.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMacrophage activation statesGlutamine accumulationVulnerable plaquesAtherosclerotic lesionsLow-density lipoprotein receptor-null miceF-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomographyReceptor null miceF-fluorodeoxyglucose uptakeHigh-fat dietVessel wall inflammationMacrophage polarization stateEarly promising resultsActivation statePositron emission tomographyMurine peritoneal macrophagesProinflammatory stateInflammatory stateWall inflammationNecrosis factorF-fluorodeoxyglucosePolarization phenotypesInterleukin-4
2015
MHC class II-disparate heart but not skin allografts accelerate recipient cardiovascular disease (TRAN1P.934)
Zhou J, yi T, Qin L, Ali R, Li Q, Jiao Y, Li G, Zhang J, Sadeghi M, Pober J, Tellides G. MHC class II-disparate heart but not skin allografts accelerate recipient cardiovascular disease (TRAN1P.934). The Journal Of Immunology 2015, 194: 140.16-140.16. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.194.supp.140.16.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSkin allograftsCardiovascular diseaseAllograft rejectionCardiac allograftsHeart allograftsDonor miceSkin graftsMHC classAtherosclerotic lesionsApoE-/- mouse modelEarly activation marker CD69End-stage organ failureCD4 T cellsWeeks post transplantationActivation marker CD69Larger atherosclerotic lesionsHeart isograftsCardiac isograftsOrgan failurePost transplantationIL-12ACardiac functionElevated mRNA levelsEffective therapyOrgan transplantation