Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences

Bartoli-Leonard F, Aikawa E

Old Drugs for an Old Pathology? Drug Repurposing for Calcific Aortic Valve Disease.

Circ Res. 2021;128(9):1317-1319 - PMID: 33914606 - PMCID: PMC8095786 - DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.121.319149

Rogers MA, Aikawa E

Unbiased omics identifies mechanistic regulators of calcific aortic valve disease.

Eur Heart J. 2021;42(30):2948-2950 - PMID: 34179985 - PMCID: PMC8347449 - DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab381

Hutcheson JD, Schlotter F, Creager MD, Li X, Pham T, Vyas P, Higashi H, Body SC, Aikawa M, Singh SA, Kos L, Aikawa E

Elastogenesis Correlates With Pigment Production in Murine Aortic Valve Leaflets.

Front Cardiovasc Med. 2021;8:678401 - PMID: 34239903 - PMCID: PMC8257952 - DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.678401

Bartoli-Leonard F, Aikawa E

Recapitulating the Complex Pathology of Atherosclerosis: Which Model to Use?

Circ Res. 2021;129(4):491-493 - PMID: 34351800 - PMCID: PMC8352010 - DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.121.319721

Lupieri A, Nagata Y, Passos LSA, Beker-Greene D, Kirkwood KA, Wylie-Sears J, Alvandi Z, Higashi H, Hung JW, Singh SA, Bischoff J, Levine RA, Aikawa E

Integration of Functional Imaging, Cytometry, and Unbiased Proteomics Reveals New Features of Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Ischemic Mitral Valve Regurgitation in Human Patients.

Front Cardiovasc Med. 2021;8:688396 - PMID: 34458332 - PMCID: PMC8387660 - DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.688396

Bartoli-Leonard F, Zimmer J, Aikawa E

Innate and adaptative immunity: The understudied driving force of heart valve disease.

Cardiovasc Res. 2021;117(13):2506-2524 - PMID: 34432007 - PMCID: PMC8783388 - DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvab273

Meerman M, Driessen R, van Engeland NCA, Bergsma I, Steenhuijsen JLG, Kozono D, Aikawa E, Hjortnaes J, Bouten CVC

Radiation Induces Valvular Interstitial Cell Calcific Response in an in vitro Model of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease.

Front Cardiovasc Med. 2021;8:687885 - PMID: 34527708 - PMCID: PMC8435633 - DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.687885

Zhang H, Chen ZB, Fredman G, Gomez D, Grumbach IM, Huang NF, Nguyen P, Ouimet M, Sutton NR, Aikawa E

What Makes a Great Mentor: Interviews With Recipients of the ATVB Mentor of Women Award.

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2021;41(11):2641-2647 - PMID: 34547925 - PMCID: PMC8551033 - DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.121.316558

Kuraoka S, Higashi H, Yanagihara Y, Sonawane AR, Mukai S, Mlynarchik AK, Whelan MC, Hottiger MO, Nasir W, Delanghe B, Aikawa M, Singh SA

A Novel Spectral Annotation Strategy Streamlines Reporting of mono-ADP-ribosylated Peptides Derived from Mouse Liver and Spleen in Response to IFN-γ.

Mol Cell Proteomics. 2021;21(4):100153 - PMID: 34592425 - PMCID: PMC9014395 - DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpro.2021.100153

Iwata H, Osborn EA, Ughi GJ, Murakami K, Goettsch C, Hutcheson JD, Mauskapf A, Mattson PC, Libby P, Singh SA, Matamalas J, Aikawa E, Tearney GJ, Aikawa M, Jaffer FA

Highly Selective PPARα (Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor α) Agonist Pemafibrate Inhibits Stent Inflammation and Restenosis Assessed by Multimodality Molecular-Microstructural Imaging.

J Am Heart Assoc. 2021;10(20):e020834 - PMID: 34632804 - PMCID: PMC8751880 - DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.121.020834

van der Ven CFT, Tibbitt MW, Conde J, van Mil A, Hjortnaes J, Doevendans PA, Sluijter JPG, Aikawa E, Langer RS

Controlled delivery of gold nanoparticle-coupled miRNA therapeutics via an injectable self-healing hydrogel.

Nanoscale. 2021;13(48):20451-20461 - PMID: 34817483 - PMCID: PMC8675028 - DOI: 10.1039/d1nr04973a

Kraler S, Blaser MC, Aikawa E, Camici GG, Luscher TF

Calcific aortic valve disease: from molecular and cellular mechanisms to medical therapy.

Eur Heart J. 2021;43(7):683-697 - PMID: 34849696 - PMCID: PMC8843796 - DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab757

Human P, Bezuidenhout D, Aikawa E, Zilla P

Residual Bioprosthetic Valve Immunogenicity: Forgotten, Not Lost.

Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022;8:760635 - PMID: 35059444 - PMCID: PMC8764456 - DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.760635

Tanaka T, Asano T, Okui T, Kuraoka S, Singh SA, Aikawa M, Aikawa E

Computational Screening Strategy for Drug Repurposing Identified Niclosamide as Inhibitor of Vascular Calcification.

Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022;8:826529 - PMID: 35127876 - PMCID: PMC8811128 - DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.826529

Buffolo F, Monticone S, Camussi G, Aikawa E

Role of Extracellular Vesicles in the Pathogenesis of Vascular Damage.

Hypertension. 2022;79(5):863-873 - PMID: 35144490 - PMCID: PMC9010370 - DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.17957

Sawada H, Katsumata Y, Higashi H, Zhang C, Li Y, Morgan S, Lee LH, Singh SA, Chen JZ, Franklin MK, Moorleghen JJ, Howatt DA, Rateri DL, Shen YH, LeMaire SA, Aikawa M, Majesky MW, Lu HS, Daugherty A

Second Heart Field-derived Cells Contribute to Angiotensin II-mediated Ascending Aortopathies.

Circulation. 2022;145(13):987-1001 - PMID: 35143327 - PMCID: PMC9008740 - DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.058173

Rogers MA, Atkins SK, Zheng KH, Singh SA, Chelvanambi S, Pham TH, Kuraoka S, Stroes ESG, Aikawa M, Aikawa E

Lipoprotein(a) Induces Vesicular Cardiovascular Calcification Revealed With Single-Extracellular Vesicle Analysis.

Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022;9:778919 - PMID: 35155626 - PMCID: PMC8831739 - DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.778919

Passos LSA, Jha PK, Becker-Greene D, Blaser MC, Romero D, Lupieri A, Sukhova GK, Libby P, Singh SA, Dutra WO, Aikawa M, Levine RA, Nunes MCP, Aikawa E

Prothymosin Alpha: A Novel Contributor to Estradiol Receptor Alpha-Mediated CD8⁺ T-Cell Pathogenic Responses and Recognition of Type 1 Collagen in Rheumatic Heart Valve Disease.

Circulation. 2022;145(7):531-548 - PMID: 35157519 - PMCID: PMC8869797 - DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.057301

Davidson SM, Boulanger CM, Aikawa E, Badimon L, Barile L, Binder CJ, Brisson A, Buzas E, Emanueli C, Jansen F, Katsur M, Lacroix R, Lim SK, Mackman N, Mayr M, Menasché P, Nieuwland R, Sahoo S, Takov K, Thum T, Vader P, Wauben MHM, Witwer K, Sluijter JPG

Methods for the identification and characterization of extracellular vesicles in cardiovascular studies - from exosomes to microvesicles.

Cardiovasc Res. 2022;119(1):45-63 - PMID: 35325061 - PMCID: PMC10233250 - DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvac031

Alvandi Z, Nagata Y, Passos LSA, Hashemi Gheinani A, Guerrero JL, Wylie-Sears J, Romero DC, Morris BA, Sullivan SM, Yaghoubian KM, Alvandi A, Adam RM, Aikawa E, Levine RA, Bischoff J

Wnt Site Signaling Inhibitor Secreted Frizzled-Related Protein 3 Protects Mitral Valve Endothelium From Myocardial Infarction-Induced Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition.

J Am Heart Assoc. 2022;11(7):e023695 - PMID: 35348006 - PMCID: PMC9075477 - DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.121.023695

Gomes NFA, Silva VR, Levine RA, Esteves WAM, de Castro ML, Passos LSA, Dal-Bianco JP, Pantaleão AN, da Silva JLP, Tan TC, Dutra WO, Aikawa E, Hung J, Nunes MCP

Progression of Mitral Regurgitation in Rheumatic Valve Disease: Role of Left Atrial Remodeling.

Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022;9:862382 - PMID: 35360029 - PMCID: PMC8962951 - DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.862382

Aikawa E, Hutcheson JD

The Developmental Origin of Calcific Aortic Stenosis.

N Engl J Med. 2022;386(14):1372-1374 - PMID: 35388675 - DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcibr2200439

Garelnabi M, Cowdin M, Fang Y, Shrestha B, Ushio-Fukai M, Aikawa E, Graham G, Molema G, Yanagisawa H, Aikawa M

Embracing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Scientific Community-Viewpoints of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee of the North American Vascular Biology Organization.

Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022;9:863256 - PMID: 35463765 - PMCID: PMC9021758 - DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.863256

Dacano JL, Aikawa M, Singh SA

Promise of a Novel Bedside-to-Bench Paradigm: Can Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Proteomics Balloon Into Clinical Practice?

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2022;42(7):865-867 - PMID: 35616034 - DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.122.317802

Sonawane AR, Aikawa E, Aikawa M

Connections for Matters of the Heart: Network Medicine in Cardiovascular Diseases.

Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022;9:873582 - PMID: 35665246 - PMCID: PMC9160390 - DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.873582

Parthasarathy S, Saenjamsai P, Hao H, Ferkul A, Pfannenstiel JJ, Suder EL, Bejan DS, Chen Y, Schwarting N, Aikawa M, Muhlberger E, Orozco RC, Sullivan CS, Cohen MS, Davido DJ, Hume AJ, Fehr AR

PARP14 is pro- and anti-viral host factor that promotes IFN production and affects the replication of multiple viruses.

bioRxiv. 2024;:ePub - PMID: 38712082 - PMCID: PMC11071520 - DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.26.591186

Decano JL, Maiorino E, Matamalas JT, Chelvanambi S, Tiemeijer BM, Yanagihara Y, Mukai S, Jha PK, Pestana DVS, D'Souza E, Whelan M, Ge R, Asano T, Sharma A, Libby P, Singh SA, Aikawa E, Aikawa M

Cellular Heterogeneity of Activated Primary Human Macrophages and Associated Drug-Gene Networks: From Biology to Precision Therapeutics.

Circulation. 2023;148(19):1459-78 - PMID: 37850387 - PMCID: PMC10624416 - DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.064794

Turner ME, Aikawa E

Updating the paradigm: inflammation as a targetable modulator of medial vascular calcification.

Cardiovasc Res. 2023;119(13):2259-2261 - PMID: 37875065 - PMCID: PMC10597605 - DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvad139

Yurdagul A, Aikawa E

Discovering a Rare Smooth Muscle Cell Population Specific to Males in Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Using Spatial Transcriptomics.

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2023;43(12):2298-2300 - PMID: 37916413 - PMCID: PMC10842258 - DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.123.320235

Rogers MA, Bartoli-Leonard F, Zheng KH, Small AM, Chen HY, Clift CL, Asano T, Kuraoka S, Blaser MC, Perez KA, Natarajan P, Yeang C, Stroes ESG, Tsimikas S, Engert JC, Thanassoulis G, O'Donnell CJ, Aikawa M, Singh SA, Aikawa E

Major Facilitator Superfamily Domain Containing 5 Inhibition Reduces Lipoprotein(a) Uptake and Calcification in Valvular Heart Disease.

Circulation. 2023;149(5):391-401 - PMID: 37937463 - PMCID: PMC10842618 - DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.066822

Tzani A, Haemmig S, Cheng HS, Perez-Cremades D, Heuschkel MA, Jamaiyar A, Singh S, Aikawa M, Yu P, Wang T, Ye S, Feinberg MW, Plutzky J

FAM222A, Part of the BET-Regulated Basal Endothelial Transcriptome, Is a Novel Determinant of Endothelial Biology and Angiogenesis.

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2023;44(1):143-155 - PMID: 37942611 - PMCID: PMC10840377 - DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.123.319909

Kip P, Sluiter TJ, MacArthur MR, Tao M, Jung J, Mitchell SJ, Kooijman S, Kruit N, Gorham J, Seidman JG, Quax PHA, Aikawa M, Ozaki CK, Mitchell JR, de Vries MR

Short-term Pre-operative Methionine Restriction Induces Browning of Perivascular Adipose Tissue and Improves Vein Graft Remodeling in Mice.

bioRxiv. 2023;:ePub - PMID: 37961405 - PMCID: PMC10635070 - DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.02.565269

Andraski AB, Sacks FM, Aikawa M, Singh SA

Understanding HDL Metabolism and Biology Through In Vivo Tracer Kinetics.

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2023;44(1):76-88 - PMID: 38031838 - PMCID: PMC10842918 - DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.123.319742

Hashmi S, Shah PW, Aherrahrou Z, Aikawa E, Aherrahrou R

Beyond the Basics: Unraveling the Complexity of Coronary Artery Calcification.

Cells. 2023;12(24):ePub - PMID: 38132141 - PMCID: PMC10742130 - DOI: 10.3390/cells12242822

Raju S, Botts SR, Blaser MC, Abdul-Samad M, Prajapati K, Khosraviani N, Ho TWW, Breda LCD, Ching C, Galant NJ, Fiddes L, Wu R, Clift CL, Pham T, Lee WL, Singh SA, Aikawa E, Fish JE, Howe KL

Directional Endothelial Communication by Polarized Extracellular Vesicle Release.

Circ Res. 2024;134(3):269-289 - PMID: 38174557 - PMCID: PMC10826926 - DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.123.322993

Turner ME, Beck L, Hill Gallant KM, Chen Y, Moe OW, Kuro-O M, Moe S, Aikawa E

Phosphate in Cardiovascular Disease: From New Insights Into Molecular Mechanisms to Clinical Implications.

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2024;44(3):584-602 - PMID: 38205639 - PMCID: PMC10922848 - DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.123.319198

Kumar Jha P, Aikawa M, Aikawa E

Macrophage Heterogeneity and Efferocytosis: Beyond the M1/M2 Dichotomy.

Circ Res. 2024;134(2):186-188 - PMID: 38236949 - PMCID: PMC10798221 - DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.123.324011

Shelbaya K, Arthur V, Yang Y, Dorbala P, Buckley L, Claggett B, Skali H, Dufresne L, Yang TY, Engert JC, Thanassoulis G, Floyd J, Austin TR, Bortnick A, Kizer J, Freitas RCC, Singh SA, Aikawa E, Hoogeveen RC, Ballantyne C, Yu B, Coresh J, Blaha MJ, Matsushita K, Shah AM

Large-Scale Proteomics Identifies Novel Biomarkers and Circulating Risk Factors for Aortic Stenosis.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024;83(5):577-591 - PMID: 38296402 - DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.11.021

Jansen I, Cahalane R, Hengst R, Akyildiz A, Farrell E, Gijsen F, Aikawa E, van der Heiden K, Wissing T

The interplay of collagen, macrophages, and microcalcification in atherosclerotic plaque cap rupture mechanics.

Basic Res Cardiol. 2024;119(2):193-213 - PMID: 38329498 - PMCID: PMC11008085 - DOI: 10.1007/s00395-024-01033-5

Lupieri A, S A Passos L, Levine RA, Nizet V, Aikawa E

Lymphangiogenesis in Rheumatic Heart Valve Disease: A New Factor in the Pathogenic Conundrum.

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2024;44(4):822-825 - PMID: 38357818 - PMCID: PMC10978236 - DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.124.320708

Clift CL, Blaser MC, Gerrits W, Turner ME, Sonawane A, Pham T, Andresen JL, Fenton OS, Grolman JM, Campedelli A, Buffolo F, Schoen FJ, Hjortnaes J, Muehlschlegel JD, Mooney DJ, Aikawa M, Singh SA, Langer R, Aikawa E

Intracellular proteomics and extracellular vesiculomics as a metric of disease recapitulation in 3D-bioprinted aortic valve arrays.

Sci Adv. 2024;10(9):eadj9793 - PMID: 38416823 - PMCID: PMC10901368 - DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adj9793

Cahalane RME, Turner ME, Clift CL, Blaser MC, Bogut G, Levy S, Kasai T, Driedonks TAP, Nolte-'t Hoen ENM, Aikawa M, Singh SA, Aikawa E

Polycarbonate Ultracentrifuge Tube Re-use in Proteomic Analyses of Extracellular Vesicles.

J Vis Exp. 2024;(205):ePub - PMID: 38526125 - DOI: 10.3791/66126

Aikawa E, Blaser MC, Singh SA, Levine RA, Yacoub MH

Challenges and Opportunities in Valvular Heart Disease: From Molecular Mechanisms to the Community.

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2024;44(4):763-767 - PMID: 38536897 - PMCID: PMC10977651 - DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.123.319563

Reyes-Soffer G, Matveyenko A, Lignos J, Matienzo N, Santos Baez LS, Hernandez-One A, Yung L, Nandakumar R, Singh SA, Aikawa M, George R, Ginsberg HN

Effects of Recombinant Human Lecithin Cholesterol Acyltransferase on Lipoprotein Metabolism in Humans.

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2024;44(6):1407-1418 - PMID: 38695168 - DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.123.320387

Peng Q, Arulsamy K, Lu YW, Wu H, Zhu B, Singh B, Cui K, Wylie-Sears J, Li KS, Wong S, Cowan DB, Aikawa M, Wang DZ, Bischoff J, Chen K, Chen H

Novel Role of Endothelial CD45 in Regulating Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Atherosclerosis.

bioRxiv. 2024;:ePub - PMID: 39282400 - PMCID: PMC11398423 - DOI: 10.1101/2024.09.03.610974

Delwarde C, Aikawa M

Novel Mouse Model of Late-Stage Coronary Atherosclerosis With Features of Plaque Rupture and Stroke.

Circulation. 2024;150(9):706-709 - PMID: 39186532 - PMCID: PMC11540410 - DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.070464

Matamalas JT, Chelvanambi S, Decano JL, França RF, Halu A, Santinelli-Pestana DV, Aikawa E, Malhotra R, Aikawa M

Obesity and age are transmission risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection among exposed individuals.

PNAS Nexus. 2024;3(8):pgae294 - PMID: 39192848 - PMCID: PMC11348562 - DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae294

Bhattacharjee S, Gao J, Lu YW, Eisa-Beygi S, Wu H, Li K, Birsner AE, Wong S, Song Y, Shyy JY, Cowan DB, Wei W, Aikawa M, Shi J, Chen H

Interplay Between FoxM1 and Dab2 Promotes Endothelial Cell Responses in Diabetic Wound Healing.

bioRxiv. 2024;:ePub - PMID: 39253510 - PMCID: PMC11383039 - DOI: 10.1101/2024.02.07.579019

Yagi H, Boeck M, Petrishka-Lozenska M, Lundgren P, Kasai T, Cagnone G, Neilsen K, Wang C, Lee J, Tomita Y, Singh SA, Joyal JS, Aikawa M, Negishi K, Fu Z, Hellström A, Smith LEH

Timed topical dexamethasone eye drops improve mitochondrial function to prevent severe retinopathy of prematurity.

Angiogenesis. 2024;27(4):903-917 - PMID: 39287727 - PMCID: PMC11564262 - DOI: 10.1007/s10456-024-09948-2

Iwata A, Chelvanambi S, Asano T, Whelan M, Nakamura Y, Aikawa E, Sasaki Y, Aikawa M

Gene expression profiles of precursor cells identify compounds that reduce NRP1 surface expression in macrophages: Implication for drug repositioning for COVID-19.

Front Cardiovasc Med. 2024;11:1438396 - PMID: 39512370 - PMCID: PMC11541348 - DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1438396