Endothelial TGF-β Signaling Regulates Endothelial-Mesenchymal Transition During Arteriovenous Fistula Remodeling in Mice With Chronic Kidney Disease.
Zhang W, Gonzalez L, Li X, Bai H, Li Z, Taniguchi R, Langford J, Ohashi Y, Thaxton C, Yukihiko A, Yatsula B, Martin K, Goodwin J, Tellides G, Long X, Shu C, Dardik A. Endothelial TGF-β Signaling Regulates Endothelial-Mesenchymal Transition During Arteriovenous Fistula Remodeling in Mice With Chronic Kidney Disease. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis And Vascular Biology 2024 PMID: 39297205, DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.124.320933.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic kidney diseaseTGF-b signalingArteriovenous fistula patencyArteriovenous fistulaKidney diseaseAVF patencyEndothelial cellsAssociated with endothelial injuryArteriovenous fistula diameterImprove AVF patencyIncreased outward remodelingReduced patencyInduced endothelial-to-mesenchymal transitionAortocaval fistula modelSmooth muscle cell proliferationArteriovenous fistula failureAttenuated EndMTEnd-stage kidney diseaseHuman arteriovenous fistulaeSmooth muscle cellsMuscle cell proliferationEndothelial-to-mesenchymal transitionMouse endothelial cellsInhibition of EndMTEndothelial-mesenchymal transitionEarly thrombus formation is required of eccentric and heterogenous neointimal hyperplasia under disturbed flow
Bai H, Li Z, Zhang W, Thaxton C, Ohashi Y, Gonzalez L, Kano M, Yatsula B, Hwa J, Dardik A. Early thrombus formation is required of eccentric and heterogenous neointimal hyperplasia under disturbed flow. Journal Of Thrombosis And Haemostasis 2024 PMID: 39173878, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtha.2024.07.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEndothelial cell lossArteriovenous fistulaSmooth muscle cellsNeointimal hyperplasiaHeterogeneous neointimaCell lossThrombus formationMT/mG reporter miceHuman arteriovenous fistulaeInhibit neointimal hyperplasiaEarly thrombus formationAntiplatelet therapyC57BL/6 miceReporter miceAVF failureWistar ratsVenous systemJuxta-anastomotic areaMuscle cellsAnimal modelsVenous outflowEarly thrombusEndothelial cellsArterial inflowThrombusDisturbed flow in the juxta-anastomotic area of an arteriovenous fistula correlates with endothelial loss, acute thrombus formation, and neointimal hyperplasia
Bai H, Varsanik M, Thaxton C, Ohashi Y, Gonzalez L, Zhang W, Aoyagi Y, Kano M, Yatsula B, Li Z, Pocivavsek L, Dardik A. Disturbed flow in the juxta-anastomotic area of an arteriovenous fistula correlates with endothelial loss, acute thrombus formation, and neointimal hyperplasia. AJP Heart And Circulatory Physiology 2024, 326: h1446-h1461. PMID: 38578237, PMCID: PMC11380968, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00054.2024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndothelial cell lossOutflow veinChronic kidney diseaseJuxta-anastomotic areaMouse AVF modelNeointimal hyperplasiaThrombus formationAcute thrombus formationCell lossHuman AVF maturationGene OntologyAVF maturationAVF patencyEarly thrombus formationArteriovenous fistulaC57BL/6 miceClinical failureWistar ratsEndothelial lossKidney diseaseImmune responseEndothelial cellsHyperplasiaMiceAVF