Therapies for thoracic aortic aneurysms and acute aortic dissections: old controversies and new opportunities

DM Milewicz, F Ramirez - Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Thoracic aortic aneurysms that progress to acute aortic dissections are often fatal. Thoracic
aneurysms have been managed with treatment with β-adrenergic blocking agents (β …

The Molecular Twin artificial-intelligence platform integrates multi-omic data to predict outcomes for pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients

A Osipov, O Nikolic, A Gertych, S Parker, A Hendifar… - Nature cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Contemporary analyses focused on a limited number of clinical and molecular biomarkers
have been unable to accurately predict clinical outcomes in pancreatic ductal …

Insights on the pathogenesis of aneurysm through the study of hereditary aortopathies

TJ Creamer, EE Bramel, EG MacFarlane - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA) are permanent and localized dilations of the aorta that
predispose patients to a life-threatening risk of aortic dissection or rupture. The identification …

Versican accumulation drives Nos2 induction and aortic disease in Marfan syndrome via Akt activation

MJ Ruiz-Rodríguez, J Oller… - EMBO Molecular …, 2024 - embopress.org
Thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection (TAAD) is a life-threatening condition associated
with Marfan syndrome (MFS), a disease caused by fibrillin-1 gene mutations. While various …

Circulating anti-geronic factors from heterochonic parabionts promote vascular rejuvenation in aged mice: transcriptional footprint of mitochondrial protection …

T Kiss, S Tarantini, T Csipo, P Balasubramanian… - Geroscience, 2020 - Springer
Aging-induced functional and phenotypic alterations of the vasculature (eg, endothelial
dysfunction, oxidative stress) have a central role in morbidity and mortality of older adults. It …

Roles of mTOR in thoracic aortopathy understood by complex intracellular signaling interactions

AC Estrada, L Irons, BV Rego, G Li… - PLOS Computational …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Thoracic aortopathy–aneurysm, dissection, and rupture–is increasingly responsible for
significant morbidity and mortality. Advances in medical genetics and imaging have …

Substratum stiffness signals through integrin-linked kinase and β1-integrin to regulate midbody proteins and abscission during EMT

EM Rabie, SX Zhang, CE Dunn… - Molecular biology of the …, 2021 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Abscission is the final stage of cytokinesis during which the parent cell physically separates
to yield two identical daughters. Failure of abscission results in multinucleation (MNC), a …

FN (fibronectin)-integrin α5 signaling promotes thoracic aortic aneurysm in a mouse model of Marfan syndrome

M Chen, C Cavinato, J Hansen, K Tanaka… - … , and vascular biology, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Marfan syndrome, caused by mutations in the gene for fibrillin-1, leads to
thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAAs). Phenotypic modulation of vascular smooth muscle cells …

Lineage-specific induced pluripotent stem cell–derived smooth muscle cell modeling predicts integrin alpha-V antagonism reduces aortic root aneurysm formation in …

K Nakamura, AR Dalal, N Yokoyama… - … and Vascular Biology, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: The role of increased smooth muscle cell (SMC) integrin αv signaling in Marfan
syndrome (MFS) aortic aneurysm remains unclear. Herein, we examine the mechanism and …

[HTML][HTML] Impaired vascular smooth muscle cell force-generating capacity and phenotypic deregulation in Marfan Syndrome mice

P Nolasco, CG Fernandes, JC Ribeiro-Silva… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mechanisms whereby fibrillin-1 mutations determine thoracic aorta aneurysms/dissections
(TAAD) in Marfan Syndrome (MFS) are unclear. Most aortic aneurysms evolve from …