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
Passos LSA, Nunes MCP, Aikawa E. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2021 Jan 18;7:612716. PMID: 33537348. PMC7848031. View Article
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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Calcific Aortic Valve Disease “Omics” Is Timely, But Are We Looking Too Late?
Atkins SK, Singh SA, Aikawa E. JACC Basic Transl Sci. 2020 Dec 28;5(12):1178-80. PMID: 33427821. PMC7775952. View Article
Mitral Regurgitation After Percutaneous Mitral Valvuloplasty: Insights Into Mechanisms and Impact on Clinical Outcomes
Nunes MCP, Levine RA, Braulio R, Pascoal-Xavier MA, Elmariah S, Gomes NFA, Soares JR, Esteves WAM, Zeng X, Dal-Bianco JP,…
Raising Awareness for Rheumatic Mitral Valve Disease
Passos LSA, Nunes MCP, Zilla P, Yacoub MH, Aikawa E. Glob Cardiol Sci Pract. 2020 Nov 30;2020(2):e202026. PMID: 33426043. PMC7768627.…
In Situ Remodeling Overrules Bioinspired Scaffold Architecture of Supramolecular Elastomeric Tissue-Engineered Heart Valves
Uiterwijk M, Smits AIPM, van Geemen D, van Klarenbosch B, Dekker S, Cramer MJ, van Rijswijk JW, Lurier EB, Di…
Heart Valve Disease: Challenges and New Opportunities
Bartoli-Leonard F, Aikawa E. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2020 Oct 22;7:602271. PMID: 33195488. PMC7642276. View Article
An (Auto)Taxing Effort to Mechanistically Link Obesity and Calcific Aortic Valve Disease
Rogers MA, Aikawa E. JACC Basic Transl Sci. 2020 Sep 28;5(9):898-900. PMID: 33016951. PMC7524779. View Article
Annexin A1-dependent Tethering Promotes Extracellular Vesicle Aggregation Revealed with Single-Extracellular Vesicle Analysis
Rogers MA, Buffolo F, Schlotter F, Atkins SK, Lee LH, Halu A, Blaser MC, Tsolaki E, Higashi H, Luther K,…