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
2010
6.05 In Vitro Vascular Cell Culture Systems – Vascular Smooth Muscle
Martin K, Rzucidlo E, Ding M, Merenick B, Kasza Z, Wagner R, Powell R. 6.05 In Vitro Vascular Cell Culture Systems – Vascular Smooth Muscle. 2010, 69-96. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-08-046884-6.00705-3.ChaptersVascular smooth muscle cellsPhenotypic modulationInsulin-like growth factor IEndothelial cellsVSMC differentiationPathogenesis of atherosclerosisRapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor rapamycinSerum response factorDedifferentiated vascular smooth muscle cellsGrowth factor INormal vascular physiologyActivated T cellsSmooth muscle cellsContractile protein expressionEffects of drugsT cellsSmooth muscleIntimal hyperplasiaFactor family membersTumor angiogenesisVascular physiologyMature arteriesFactor IMuscle cellsVSMC phenotype