2016
Excessive Adventitial Remodeling Leads to Early Aortic Maladaptation in Angiotensin-Induced Hypertension
Bersi M, Bellini C, Wu J, Montaniel KR, Harrison DG, Humphrey JD. Excessive Adventitial Remodeling Leads to Early Aortic Maladaptation in Angiotensin-Induced Hypertension. Hypertension 2016, 67: 890-896. PMID: 27001298, PMCID: PMC4833633, DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.115.06262.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAngiotensin II infusion modelAngiotensin-Induced HypertensionMost clinical assessmentsIntimal-medial thickeningWild-type miceNormal mechanical functionBlood pressureArterial stiffeningThoracic aortaInflammatory responseClinical assessmentEnd organsExuberant productionBlood flowCentral arteriesAdventitial collagenHypertensionWall stressExcessive accumulationInfusion modelMechanical functionWeeksCollagen resultsInflammationArteryCentral Artery Stiffness in Hypertension and Aging
Humphrey JD, Harrison DG, Figueroa CA, Lacolley P, Laurent S. Central Artery Stiffness in Hypertension and Aging. Circulation Research 2016, 118: 379-381. PMID: 26846637, PMCID: PMC4745997, DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.115.307722.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Myh 11 R 247 C / R 247 C mutations increase thoracic aorta vulnerability to intramural damage despite a general biomechanical adaptivity
Bellini C, Wang S, Milewicz DM, Humphrey JD. Myh 11 R 247 C / R 247 C mutations increase thoracic aorta vulnerability to intramural damage despite a general biomechanical adaptivity. Journal Of Biomechanics 2014, 48: 113-121. PMID: 25433566, PMCID: PMC4283495, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.10.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThoracic aortaSevere vascular phenotypeAortic aneurysmContractile proteinsLocalized poolsMedial smooth muscle cellsEpigenetic factorsGenetic studiesThoracic aortic diseaseThoracic aortic aneurysmSmooth muscle cellsSuch mutationsMutationsC mutationAortic dissectionAortic diseaseHistopathologic characteristicsMuscle cellsRisk factorsGlycosaminoglycans/proteoglycansNormal adaptationMouse modelNormal biomechanicsAortic structureAorta