2023
Sex hormones impact early maturation and immune response in the arteriovenous fistula mouse model
Satam K, Ohashi Y, Thaxton C, Gonzalez L, Setia O, Bai H, Aoyagi Y, Xie Y, Zhang W, Yatsula B, Martin K, Cai Y, Dardik A. Sex hormones impact early maturation and immune response in the arteriovenous fistula mouse model. AJP Heart And Circulatory Physiology 2023, 325: h77-h88. PMID: 37145957, PMCID: PMC10243550, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00049.2023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntact female miceAVF maturationSex hormonesT cellsFemale miceArteriovenous fistulaMale miceMouse modelHigher IL-10Arteriovenous fistula creationImmune cell recruitmentSex-specific therapiesHormone receptor signalingSex differencesHuman AVF maturationAVF surgeryMale patientsClinical outcomesFemale patientsFistula maturationIL-10C57BL/6 miceInferior outcomesVenous adaptationFistula creation
2021
Recovery of limb perfusion and function after hindlimb ischemia is impaired by arterial calcification
Zettervall SL, Wang X, Monk S, Lin T, Cai Y, Guzman RJ. Recovery of limb perfusion and function after hindlimb ischemia is impaired by arterial calcification. Physiological Reports 2021, 9: e15008. PMID: 34405571, PMCID: PMC8371346, DOI: 10.14814/phy2.15008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral artery diseaseMedial artery calcificationFemoral artery ligationVehicle-injected ratsMedial calcificationHindlimb ischemiaArtery calcificationLimb ischemiaArtery ligationFunctional recoveryArterial calcificationLaser Doppler perfusion imagingAcute limb ischemiaChronic kidney diseaseRecovery of perfusionVascular smooth muscle cellsSmooth muscle cellsLower extremity vesselsAmputation rateArtery diseaseArterial stiffnessClinical outcomesImpaired perfusionKidney diseaseLimb perfusion