Translational relevance and recent advances of animal models of abdominal aortic aneurysm

J Sénémaud, G Caligiuri, H Etienne… - … , and vascular biology, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Human abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) pathophysiology is not yet completely understood.
In conductance arteries, the insoluble extracellular matrix, synthesized by vascular smooth …

Pharmacologic management of aneurysms

JH Lindeman, JS Matsumura - Circulation research, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Current management of aortic aneurysms relies exclusively on prophylactic operative repair
of larger aneurysms. Great potential exists for successful medical therapy that halts or …

Immunoglobulin-driven complement activation regulates proinflammatory remodeling in pulmonary hypertension

MG Frid, BA McKeon, JM Thurman… - American journal of …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a life-threatening cardiopulmonary disorder in
which inflammation and immunity have emerged as critical early pathogenic elements …

Modulation of immune‐inflammatory responses in abdominal aortic aneurysm: Emerging molecular targets

H Li, S Bai, Q Ao, X Wang, X Tian, X Li… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), a deadly vascular disease in human, is a chronic
degenerative process of the abdominal aorta. In this process, inflammatory responses and …

Human abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA): Evidence for an autoimmune antigen-driven disease.

S Lu, JV White, I Nwaneshiudu, A Nwaneshiudu… - Autoimmunity …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abdominal aortic aneurism (AAA) is a complex immunological disease with a strong genetic
component, and one of the ten leading causes of death of individuals 55–74 years old …

Properdin: a tightly regulated critical inflammatory modulator

AZ Blatt, S Pathan, VP Ferreira - Immunological reviews, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The complement alternative pathway is a powerful arm of the innate immune system that
enhances diverse inflammatory responses in the human host. Key to the effects of the …

Aetiological significance of infectious stimuli in Kawasaki disease

A Nakamura, K Ikeda, K Hamaoka - Frontiers in pediatrics, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a pediatric vasculitis syndrome that is often involves coronary
artery lesions (eg, coronary artery aneurysms). Although its causal factors and entire …

Involvement of B cells, immunoglobulins, and Syk in the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysm

A Furusho, H Aoki, S Ohno‐Urabe… - Journal of the …, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a potentially life‐threatening disease that
is common in older individuals. Currently, therapeutic options are limited to surgical …

Fcγ receptor activation mediates vascular inflammation and abdominal aortic aneurysm development

L Lopez‐Sanz, S Bernal… - Clinical and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), a degenerative vascular pathology
characterized by permanent dilation of the aorta, is considered a chronic inflammatory …

[HTML][HTML] Inflammation, immunity, and vascular remodeling in pulmonary hypertension; Evidence for complement involvement?

MG Frid, JM Thurman, KC Hansen… - … cardiology science & …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Pulmonary (arterial) hypertension (PH/PAH) is a life-threatening cardiopulmonary
disorder. Experimental evidence suggests involvement of inflammatory and autoimmune …