2008
Synergistic Effect of Cool/Thaw Cycles on Vascular Cells in an In Vitro Model of Cryoplasty
Yiu WK, Cheng SW, Sumpio BE. Synergistic Effect of Cool/Thaw Cycles on Vascular Cells in an In Vitro Model of Cryoplasty. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2008, 19: 925-930. PMID: 18503909, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2008.02.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmooth muscle cellsAkt activationEndothelial cellsApoptotic smooth muscle cellsActivation of AktBovine aortic smooth muscle cellsAortic smooth muscle cellsSurvival responseDeoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labelingFetal bovine serumTerminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labelingTransferase-mediated dUTP nick end labelingImmunoblot analysisDUTP nick end labelingHigher apoptotic rateVascular cells
2003
Oscillatory shear stress increases smooth muscle cell proliferation and akt phosphorylation
Haga M, Yamashita A, Paszkowiak J, Sumpio BE, Dardik A. Oscillatory shear stress increases smooth muscle cell proliferation and akt phosphorylation. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2003, 37: 1277-1284. PMID: 12764276, DOI: 10.1016/s0741-5214(03)00329-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCattleCell Physiological PhenomenaDisease Models, AnimalHemodynamicsIn Vitro TechniquesMyocytes, Smooth MuscleOscillometryPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPhosphorylationProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProto-Oncogene ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktShear StrengthSignal TransductionStress, PhysiologicalVascular DiseasesConceptsSignal transduction pathwaysAkt phosphorylationTransduction pathwaysPI3K-Akt signal transduction pathwaySmooth muscle cell proliferationMuscle cell proliferationCell proliferationControl cellsOscillatory shear stressMaximal phosphorylationPI3K inhibitorsCell numberSurvival pathwaysAkt activationBovine aortic SMCSMC survivalInhibitor LY294002Akt pathwayPhosphorylationWestern blot techniqueControl survivalDNA synthesisK inhibitorsAortic SMCsPathway