Radiation Induces Valvular Interstitial Cell Calcific Response in an in vitro Model of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease
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Integration of Functional Imaging, Cytometry, and Unbiased Proteomics Reveals New Features of Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Ischemic Mitral Valve Regurgitation in Human Patients
Lupieri A, Nagata Y, Passos LSA, Beker-Greene D, Kirkwood KA, Wylie-Sears J, Alvandi Z, Higashi H, Hung JW, Singh SA,…
Unbiased Omics Identifies Mechanistic Regulators of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease
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Elastogenesis Correlates With Pigment Production in Murine Aortic Valve Leaflets
Hutcheson JD, Schlotter F, Creager MD, Li X, Pham T, Vyas P, Higashi H, Body SC, Aikawa M, Singh SA,…
ApoA-I Mimetics Improve Aortic Stenosis-Associated Left-Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction but Fail to Benefit Rabbit Models With Normal Aortic Valves
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Old Drugs for an Old Pathology?
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Multi-Omics Approaches to Define Calcific Aortic Valve Disease Pathogenesis
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Nitric Oxide Prevents Aortic Valve Calcification by S-nitrosylation of USP9X to Activate NOTCH Signaling
Majumdar U, Manivannan S, Basu M, Ueyama Y, Blaser MC, Cameron E, McDermott MR, Lincoln J, Cole SE, Wood S, Aikawa…
Decreased Cytokine Plasma Levels and Changes in T-Cell Activation Are Associated With Hemodynamic Improvement and Clinical Outcomes After Percutaneous Mitral Commissurotomy in Patients With Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis
Silva VR, Neves EGA, Passos LSA, Cristina de Melo F, Teixeira-Carvalho A, Nassif MCL, Junqueira LL, Aikawa E, Dutra WO,…
Rheumatic Heart Valve Disease Pathophysiology and Underlying Mechanisms
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ApoC-III Is a Novel Inducer of Calcification in Human Aortic Valves
Schlotter F, de Freitas RCC, Rogers MA, Blaser MC, Wu PJ, Higashi H, Halu A, Iqbal F, Andraski AB, Rodia…
2020 Jeffrey M. Hoeg Award Lecture: Calcifying Extracellular Vesicles as Building Blocks of Microcalcifications in Cardiovascular Disorders
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