2024
Developmental changes in lung function of mice are independent of sex as a biological variable
Bärnthaler T, Ramachandra A, Ebanks S, Guerrera N, Sharma L, Dela Cruz C, Humphrey J, Manning E. Developmental changes in lung function of mice are independent of sex as a biological variable. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2024, 326: l627-l637. PMID: 38375577, PMCID: PMC11380952, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00120.2023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPulmonary function testsWeeks of ageStatic complianceMale miceInspiratory capacityLung functionBody weight-basedHuman lung pathologiesLung function of miceFemale C57BL/6J miceLung function parametersSex-dependent changesFunction of miceMeasures of lung functionIndependent of sexPreclinical modelsFemale miceC57BL/6J miceLung pathologyFunction testsMiceWeight-basedLungLung disease researchWeeks
2017
mTOR (Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin) Inhibition Decreases Mechanosignaling, Collagen Accumulation, and Stiffening of the Thoracic Aorta in Elastin-Deficient Mice
Jiao Y, Li G, Li Q, Ali R, Qin L, Li W, Qyang Y, Greif DM, Geirsson A, Humphrey JD, Tellides G. mTOR (Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin) Inhibition Decreases Mechanosignaling, Collagen Accumulation, and Stiffening of the Thoracic Aorta in Elastin-Deficient Mice. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis And Vascular Biology 2017, 37: 1657-1666. PMID: 28751568, PMCID: PMC5574180, DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.117.309653.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAorta, ThoracicAortic DiseasesCell ProliferationCollagenElastinEverolimusFocal Adhesion Kinase 1Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansImatinib MesylateMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 2Mechanotransduction, CellularMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMultiprotein ComplexesMuscle, Smooth, VascularPhenotypePhosphorylationProtein Kinase InhibitorsSirolimusTime FactorsTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesVascular StiffnessWilliams SyndromeConceptsElastin deficiencyCollagen accumulationArterial phenotypeNull miceGrowth factorSmooth muscle cell proliferationMuscle cell proliferationEarly postnatal deathInhibition of mTORAortic fibrosisAortic obstructionMedial thickeningAortic stiffeningNeonatal deathLuminal stenosisPharmacological blockadeAbsence of elastinThoracic aortaTherapeutic benefitJuvenile micePostnatal deathMTOR inhibitionAortaHeterozygous lossMice