Extracellular matrix in ascending aortic aneurysms and dissections – What we learn from decellularization and scanning electron microscopy

Elevated oxidative stress in the aortic media of patients with bicuspid aortic valve

(2017) Marie Billaud et al.   JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Characteristics and Outcomes of Ascending Versus Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms

(2016) Joshua S. Vapnik et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

The incidence and mortality of acute thoracic aortic dissection: results from a whole nation study

(2016) Inga H. Melvinsdottir et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

Extracellular matrix fiber microarchitecture is region-specific in bicuspid aortic valve-associated ascending aortopathy

(2016) Alkiviadis Tsamis et al.   JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Analysis of extracellular superoxide dismutase and Akt in ascending aortic aneurysm with tricuspid or bicuspid aortic valve

(2014) A. Arcucci et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HISTOCHEMISTRY

Characterization of Wheat Germ Agglutinin Lectin-Reactive Glycosylated OmpA-Like Proteins Derived from Porphyromonas gingivalis

(2014) Yukitaka Murakami et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Matrix metalloproteinase levels in chronic thoracic aortic dissection

(2014) Xiaoming Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH

Ascending aorta dilation in association with bicuspid aortic valve: A maturation defect of the aortic wall

(2014) Nimrat Grewal et al.   JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Elevated expression of connective tissue growth factor, osteopontin and increased collagen content in human ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms

(2014) YH Meng et al.   Vascular

Why Do Aortas Cleave or Dilate? Clues from an Electronic Scanning Microscopy Study in Human Ascending Aortas

(2013) Luciano Figueiredo Borges et al.   JOURNAL OF VASCULAR RESEARCH

Impaired Collagen Biosynthesis and Cross‐linking in Aorta of Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valve

(2013) Dick Wågsäter et al.   Journal of the American Heart Association

Elevation of Matrix Metalloproteinases in Different Areas of Ascending Aortic Aneurysms in Patients with Bicuspid and Tricuspid Aortic Valves

(2012) Salah A. Mohamed et al.   TheScientificWorldJOURNAL

Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease and Ascending Aortic Aneurysms: Gaps in Knowledge

(2012) Katie L. Losenno et al.   Cardiology Research and Practice

Aortic Medial Elastic Fiber Loss in Acute Ascending Aortic Dissection

(2011) William Clifford Roberts et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Characteristics of TAV- and BAV-associated thoracic aortic aneurysms—Smooth muscle cell biology, expression profiling, and histological analyses

(2011) Stefan Blunder et al.   ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Effect of aneurysm on the mechanical dissection properties of the human ascending thoracic aorta

(2011) Salvatore Pasta et al.   JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Differential expression of elastin assembly genes in patients with Stanford Type A aortic dissection using microarray analysis

(2011) Bernice L.Y. Cheuk et al.   JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY

Substantial expression of mature elastin in arterial constructs

(2011) K.-W. Lee et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fibrinolytic activity is associated with presence of cystic medial degeneration in aneurysms of the ascending aorta

(2010) Luciano F Borges et al.   HISTOPATHOLOGY

Transcriptional regulation of TIMPs in ascending aorta aneurysms

(2010) Kostas Tsarouhas et al.   THROMBOSIS RESEARCH

Basal and Oxidative Stress–Induced Expression of Metallothionein Is Decreased in Ascending Aortic Aneurysms of Bicuspid Aortic Valve Patients

(2009) Julie A. Phillippi et al.   CIRCULATION

Distinct defects in collagen microarchitecture underlie vessel-wall failure in advanced abdominal aneurysms and aneurysms in Marfan syndrome

(2009) J. H. N. Lindeman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Collagen is reduced and disrupted in human aneurysms and dissections of ascending aorta

(2008) Luciano de Figueiredo Borges et al.   HUMAN PATHOLOGY

Acute aortic dissection

(2008) Jonathan Golledge et al.   LANCET

The three-dimensional micro- and nanostructure of the aortic medial lamellar unit measured using 3D confocal and electron microscopy imaging☆

(2007) M OCONNELL et al.   MATRIX BIOLOGY