Zhen B. Chen , Xiaofang Tang , Kiran Sriram , Yingjun Luo , Dongqiang Yuan , Naseeb Kaur Malhi , Xuejing Liu , Rama Natarajan
{"title":"Regulation of Endotheliopathy by Chromatin-associated Long Noncoding RNA","authors":"Zhen B. Chen , Xiaofang Tang , Kiran Sriram , Yingjun Luo , Dongqiang Yuan , Naseeb Kaur Malhi , Xuejing Liu , Rama Natarajan","doi":"10.1016/j.jvssci.2023.100167","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvssci.2023.100167","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74035,"journal":{"name":"JVS-vascular science","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100167"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666350323000718/pdfft?md5=e19829aeee0ffc083a8c1b11c7256272&pid=1-s2.0-S2666350323000718-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139107103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cyrine Ben Dhaou, Mabruka Alfaidi, Elizabeth Denise Cockerham, Matthew L. Scott, Xinggui Shen, Arif Yurdagul Jr., Nabil Rashdan, Christopher B. Pattillo, Wayne W. Orr
{"title":"Endothelial-specific Nck1 Deletion Reduces Proinflammatory Endothelial Activation and Atherosclerosis Without Affecting Ischemic Angiogenesis","authors":"Cyrine Ben Dhaou, Mabruka Alfaidi, Elizabeth Denise Cockerham, Matthew L. Scott, Xinggui Shen, Arif Yurdagul Jr., Nabil Rashdan, Christopher B. Pattillo, Wayne W. Orr","doi":"10.1016/j.jvssci.2023.100150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvssci.2023.100150","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74035,"journal":{"name":"JVS-vascular science","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100150"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666350323000548/pdfft?md5=35ae9394b402de092c88cb06dd2f0382&pid=1-s2.0-S2666350323000548-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139108632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matthew D. Cahn , Jackie M. Zhang , Fenge Ni , Brajesh Lal , Dudley Strickland , Areck Ucuzian
{"title":"Exercise Modulates Inflammatory, Cytokine, and Growth Factor Pathway Dysregulation in a Mouse Model of Aortic Dissection and Aneurysm","authors":"Matthew D. Cahn , Jackie M. Zhang , Fenge Ni , Brajesh Lal , Dudley Strickland , Areck Ucuzian","doi":"10.1016/j.jvssci.2023.100156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvssci.2023.100156","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74035,"journal":{"name":"JVS-vascular science","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100156"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666350323000603/pdfft?md5=389b605fbc9e8baddf27615e6b53145f&pid=1-s2.0-S2666350323000603-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139108753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
John T. Langford MD , Luis Gonzalez PhD , Ryosuke Taniguchi MD, PhD , Anand Brahmandam MD , Weichang Zhang MD, PhD , Alan Dardik MD, PhD
{"title":"EphB4 monomer inhibits chronic graft vasculopathy in an aortic transplant model","authors":"John T. Langford MD , Luis Gonzalez PhD , Ryosuke Taniguchi MD, PhD , Anand Brahmandam MD , Weichang Zhang MD, PhD , Alan Dardik MD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.jvssci.2023.100109","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvssci.2023.100109","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>T cells and macrophages play an important role in the formation of allograft vasculopathy, which is the predominant form of chronic rejection in cardiac transplants. Arteries express Ephrin-B2 as a marker of arterial identity, whereas circulating monocytes express the cognate receptor EphB4, which facilitates monocyte adhesion to the endothelial surface. Adherent monocytes transmigrate and differentiate into macrophages that activate T cells and are a main source of tissue damage during rejection. We hypothesized that inhibition of Ephrin-B2-EphB4 binding would decrease immune cell accumulation within a transplanted graft and prevent allograft vasculopathy. We used EphB4 monomer to inhibit Ephrin-B2-EphB4 binding in a rat infrarenal aortic transplant model. Rats treated with EphB4 monomer had fewer macrophages and T cells in the aortic allografts at 28 days, as well as significantly less neointima formation. These data show that the Ephin-B2-EphB4 axis may be an important target for prevention or treatment of allograft vasculopathy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74035,"journal":{"name":"JVS-vascular science","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100109"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/38/97/main.PMC10372308.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9908732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mohammad Esmaeil Barbati MD , Beate Bechter-Hugl MD , Sarah Thomis MD , Benita Hermanns-Sachweh MD , Walter Coudyzer MD , Yan Yan BA , Soroosh Shekarchian MD , Houman Jalaie MD
{"title":"Evaluation of safety and performance of a new prototype self-expandable nitinol venous stent in an ovine model","authors":"Mohammad Esmaeil Barbati MD , Beate Bechter-Hugl MD , Sarah Thomis MD , Benita Hermanns-Sachweh MD , Walter Coudyzer MD , Yan Yan BA , Soroosh Shekarchian MD , Houman Jalaie MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jvssci.2023.100113","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvssci.2023.100113","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>Our study was a prospective in vivo study performed on an animal model to evaluate the safety and performance of a novel venous stent designed specifically for venous applications.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>The novel stents were implanted in the inferior vena cava of nine sheep. The stents were deployed with different distances between the closed cell rings to test for if the segments might migrate after being deployed at maximal distance. Three different total lengths were 9, 11, and 13 cm. After 1, 3, and 6 months, vascular injury, thrombus, neointima coverage, and stent migration were evaluated through computed tomography venography and histopathology. Imaging, histology, and integration data were analyzed for each group.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>All stents were deployed successfully, and all sheep survived until the time of harvesting. In all cases, the native blood vessel sections were intact. The segmented stent parts showed a differently pronounced tissue coverage, depending on the duration of the implantation.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The new nitinol stent is safe and feasible to implant in the venous system with a rapid surface coverage. Alteration of stent length did not affect the development of neointimal formation and did not cause migration.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74035,"journal":{"name":"JVS-vascular science","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100113"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/1a/35/main.PMC10318499.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10180391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jaimy A. Simmering PhD , Deborah A. Zagers MSc , Robert H. Geelkerken PhD , Henny Kuipers BSc , Gerben A. te Riet o.g. Scholten MSc , Michel M.P.J. Reijnen PhD , Cornelis H. Slump PhD
{"title":"The influence of electrocardiogram-gated computed tomography reconstruction into 8 or 10 cardiac phases on cardiac-pulsatility-induced motion quantification of stent grafts in the aorta","authors":"Jaimy A. Simmering PhD , Deborah A. Zagers MSc , Robert H. Geelkerken PhD , Henny Kuipers BSc , Gerben A. te Riet o.g. Scholten MSc , Michel M.P.J. Reijnen PhD , Cornelis H. Slump PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.jvssci.2023.100131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvssci.2023.100131","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>The goal of this study was to determine to what extent aortic stent graft motion quantification is comparable between electrocardiogram (ECG)-gated computed tomography (CT) scans with reconstructions into 8 and 10 cardiac phases on CT scanners from two different vendors.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>An experimental setup that induces motion of an aortic stent graft, according to a predefined aortic blood pressure wave, was placed in two CT scanners of different vendors. The stent graft motion was captured using an ECG-gated CT technique and quantified using dedicated analysis algorithms. The calculated motion amplitudes and total traveled path lengths of stent segmentations were compared between scans reconstructed into 8 and 10 phases and between the scanners, after validation with sensor measurements and repeated measurements.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>No difference in motion amplitudes in z-direction (craniocaudal direction) was observed between the reconstructions into 8 and 10 phases (0.02 mm; 95% confidence interval [CI], –0.01 to 0.05 mm; <em>P</em> = .358). The z-amplitudes differed by 0.04 mm (95% CI, 0.01-0.07 mm; <em>P</em> = .003) between the different CT scanners. Path lengths differed 0.07 mm (95% CI, 0.01-to 0.13 mm; <em>P</em> = .013) between the reconstructions into 8 and 10 phases and 0.13 mm (95% CI, 0.06-0.17 mm; <em>P</em> < .001) between the different scanners.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The motion amplitudes can accurately be compared between 8 and 10 phases and between the two scanners, without differences larger than the voxel size of 0.3 × 0.3 × 0.5 mm. Clinical motion analysis results of different ECG-gated CT scans and CT scanners can be compared up to the accuracy of the CT scan.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74035,"journal":{"name":"JVS-vascular science","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666350323000354/pdfft?md5=436e7fbbab4cd50b922f2bef3645a308&pid=1-s2.0-S2666350323000354-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92099223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}