Whole genome expression analysis within the angiotensin II-apolipoprotein E deficient mouse model of abdominal aortic aneurysm

C Rush, M Nyara, JV Moxon, A Trollope, B Cullen… - BMC genomics, 2009 - Springer
Background An animal model commonly used to investigate pathways and potential
therapeutic interventions relevant to abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) involves …

Genetic and pharmacologic disruption of interleukin-1β signaling inhibits experimental aortic aneurysm formation

WF Johnston, M Salmon, G Su, G Lu… - … , and vascular biology, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Objective—Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are common, but their exact pathogenesis
remains unknown and no specific medical therapies are available. We sought to evaluate …

Monocytes and macrophages in abdominal aortic aneurysm

J Raffort, F Lareyre, M Clément… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a life-threatening disease associated with high
morbidity, and high mortality in the event of aortic rupture. Major advances in open surgical …

Mouse surgical models in cardiovascular research

O Tarnavski - Cardiovascular Genomics: Methods and Protocols, 2009 - Springer
Mouse models that mimic human diseases are important tools for investigating underlying
mechanisms in many disease states. Although the demand for these models is high, there …

Abdominal aortic aneurysm: roles of inflammatory cells

Z Yuan, Y Lu, J Wei, J Wu, J Yang, Z Cai - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are local dilations of infrarenal segment of aortas.
Molecular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of AAA remain not fully clear. However …

Abdominal aortic aneurysm formation with a focus on vascular smooth muscle cells

G Qian, O Adeyanju, A Olajuyin, X Guo - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a lethal degenerative vascular disease that affects,
mostly, the elder population, with a high mortality rate (> 80%) upon rupture. It features a …

Update on abdominal aortic aneurysm research: from clinical to genetic studies

H Kuivaniemi, EJ Ryer, JR Elmore, I Hinterseher… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a dilatation of the abdominal aorta with a diameter of
at least 3.0 cm. AAAs are often asymptomatic and are discovered as incidental findings in …

Mouse models for atherosclerosis research—which is my line?

S Oppi, TF Lüscher, S Stein - Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Atherosclerosis is one of the primary causes of cardiovascular disease and mortality. This
chronic immunometabolic disease evolves during decades in humans and encompasses …

Potential role for anti‐angiogenic therapy in abdominal aortic aneurysms

B Vijaynagar, MJ Bown, RD Sayers… - European journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a condition that mainly affects elderly men. At
present, there is no effective medical therapy that can retard aneurysm growth or prevent …

Animal models of atherosclerosis

YT Lee, V Laxton, HY Lin, YWF Chan… - Biomedical …, 2017 - spandidos-publications.com
Atherosclerosis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality globally. Many animal
models have been developed to study atherosclerosis, and permit experimental conditions …