2017
Characterization of Macrophage Polarization States Using Combined Measurement of 2-Deoxyglucose and Glutamine Accumulation
Tavakoli S, Downs K, Short JD, Nguyen HN, Lai Y, Jerabek PA, Goins B, Toczek J, Sadeghi MM, Asmis R. Characterization of Macrophage Polarization States Using Combined Measurement of 2-Deoxyglucose and Glutamine Accumulation. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis And Vascular Biology 2017, 37: 1840-1848. PMID: 28798141, PMCID: PMC8036006, DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.117.308848.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMacrophage activation statesGlutamine accumulationVulnerable plaquesAtherosclerotic lesionsLow-density lipoprotein receptor-null miceF-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomographyReceptor null miceF-fluorodeoxyglucose uptakeHigh-fat dietVessel wall inflammationMacrophage polarization stateEarly promising resultsActivation statePositron emission tomographyMurine peritoneal macrophagesProinflammatory stateInflammatory stateWall inflammationNecrosis factorF-fluorodeoxyglucosePolarization phenotypesInterleukin-4
2004
Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1-targeted detection of endothelial activation in human microvasculature
Sadeghi MM, Schechner JS, Krassilnikova S, Gharaei AA, Zhang J, Kirkiles-Smith N, Sinusas AJ, Zaret BL, Bender JR. Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1-targeted detection of endothelial activation in human microvasculature. Transplantation Proceedings 2004, 36: 1585-1591. PMID: 15251390, DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.05.060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChimeric human/mouse modelHuman/mouse modelHuman skin graftsEndothelial activationSkin graftsEndothelial cellsMouse modelIsotype-matched control antibodySCID/beige miceTumor necrosis factorEndothelial adhesion moleculesMurine VCAM-1Murine red blood cellsRed blood cellsHuman endothelial cellsControl antibodyInflammatory responseNecrosis factorBeige miceTc-99mVCAM-1Tissue vascularityMonoclonal antibodiesBlood cellsAdhesion molecules