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
2020
Altered hemodynamics during arteriovenous fistula remodeling leads to reduced fistula patency in female mice
Kudze T, Ono S, Fereydooni A, Gonzalez L, Isaji T, Hu H, Yatsula B, Taniguchi R, Koizumi J, Nishibe T, Dardik A. Altered hemodynamics during arteriovenous fistula remodeling leads to reduced fistula patency in female mice. JVS Vascular Science 2020, 1: 42-56. PMID: 32754721, PMCID: PMC7402599, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvssci.2020.03.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInfrarenal inferior vena cavaArteriovenous fistulaFemale miceMale miceHuman AVF maturationAVF maturationAVF patencyVascular cell adhesion molecule-1Superior long-term outcomesEndothelial nitric oxide synthaseCell adhesion molecule-1Male C57BL/6 miceLong-term outcomesInferior vena cavaNitric oxide synthaseAdhesion molecule-1Krüppel-like factor 2Significant differencesSex-specific differential expressionMessenger RNAAVF remodelingAVF utilizationFistula utilizationAortocaval fistulaFistula patency