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Calcific aortic valve disease: from molecular and cellular mechanisms to medical therapy.
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Editorial: New insights in heart valve disease 2022.
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Nehl D, Goody PR, Maus K, Pfeifer A, Aikawa E, Bakthiary F, Zimmer S, Nickenig G, Jansen F, Hosen MR

Human and porcine aortic valve endothelial and interstitial cell isolation and characterization.
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Distefano R, Ilieva M, Madsen JH, Ishii H, Aikawa M, Rennie S, Uchida S

T2DB: A Web Database for Long Non-Coding RNA Genes in Type II Diabetes.
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Raju S, Botts SR, Blaser M, Prajapati K, Ho TWW, Ching C, Galant NJ, Fiddes L, Wu R, Clift CL, Pham T, Lee WL, Singh SA, Aikawa E, Fish JE, Howe KL

Endothelial cells secrete small extracellular vesicles bidirectionally containing distinct cargo to uniquely reprogram vascular cells in the circulation and vessel wall.
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Andraski AB, Singh SA, Higashi H, Lee LH, Aikawa M, Sacks FM

The distinct metabolism between large and small HDL indicates unique origins of human apolipoprotein A4.
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Editorial: Women in heart valve disease.
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Cable J, Witwer KW, Coffey RJ, Milosavljevic A, von Lersner AK, Jimenez L, Pucci F, Barr MM, Dekker N, Barman B, Humphrys D, Williams J, de Palma M, Guo W, Bastos N, Hill AF, Levy E, Hantak MP, Crewe C, Aikawa E, Adamczyk AM, Zanotto TM, Ostrowski M, Arab T, Rabe DC, Sheikh A, da Silva DR, Jones JC, Okeoma C, Gaborski T, Zhang Q, Gololobova O

Exosomes, microvesicles, and other extracellular vesicles-a Keystone Symposia report.
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Bartoli-Leonard F, Zimmer J, Sonawane AR, Perez K, Turner ME, Kuraoka S, Pham T, Li F, Aikawa M, Singh S, Brewster L, Aikawa E

NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation in Peripheral Arterial Disease.
J Am Heart Assoc. 2023;12(6):e026945 - PMID: 36892058 - PMCID: PMC10111545 - DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.122.026945

Sud K, Narula N, Aikawa E, Arbustini E, Pibarot P, Merlini G, Rosenson RS, Seshan SV, Argulian E, Ahmadi A, Zhou F, Moreira AL, Côté N, Tsimikas S, Fuster V, Gandy S, Bonow RO, Gursky O, Narula J

Author Correction: The contribution of amyloid deposition in the aortic valve to calcification and aortic stenosis.
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Natarajan R, Moore K, Sahoo D, Nana-Sinkam P, Fowler AAB, Sime P, Sorci-Thomas M, Aikawa E, ATVB Council, friends, and colleagues

Shobha Ghosh (1958-2021).
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2022;42(3):239-240 - PMID: 36808997 - DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.122.317419

Wang Z, Tang M, Luan X, Tevaearai Stahel H, Aikawa M, Xie M, Ge S, Zhang S

Editorial: What do we know about COVID-19 implications for cardiovascular disease?
Front Cardiovasc Med. 2023;10:1125655 - PMID: 36733303 - PMCID: PMC9887308 - DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1125655

Blaser MC, Kraler S, Lüscher TF, Aikawa E

Network-Guided Multiomic Mapping of Aortic Valve Calcification.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2023;43(3):417-426 - PMID: 36727519 - PMCID: PMC9975082 - DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.122.318334

Iqbal F, Schlotter F, Becker-Greene D, Lupieri A, Goettsch C, Hutcheson JD, Rogers MA, Itoh S, Halu A, Lee LH, Blaser MC, Mlynarchik AK, Hagita S, Kuraoka S, Chen HY, Engert JC, Passos LSA, Jha PK, Osborn EA, Jaffer FA, Body SC, Robson SC, Thanassoulis G, Aikawa M, Singh SA, Sonawane AR, Aikawa E

Sortilin enhances fibrosis and calcification in aortic valve disease by inducing interstitial cell heterogeneity.
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Sud K, Narula N, Aikawa E, Arbustini E, Pibarot P, Merlini G, Rosenson RS, Seshan SV, Argulian E, Ahmadi A, Zhou F, Moreira AL, Côté N, Tsimikas S, Fuster V, Gandy S, Bonow RO, Gursky O, Narula J

The contribution of amyloid deposition in the aortic valve to calcification and aortic stenosis.
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Kum AST, De Moura DTH, Proença IM, Aikawa M, Sánchez-Luna SA, Ribeiro IB, Sasso JGRJ, Bestetti AM, Bernardo WM, Hourneaux de Moura EG

Gastroesophageal Reflux Waning Over Time in Endoscopic Versus Surgical Myotomy for the Treatment of Achalasia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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Sutton NR, Malhotra R, Hilaire CS, Aikawa E, Blumenthal RS, Gackenbach G, Goyal P, Johnson A, Nigwekar SU, Shanahan CM, Towler DA, Wolford BN, Chen Y

Molecular Mechanisms of Vascular Health: Insights From Vascular Aging and Calcification.
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Krohn JB, Aikawa E, Aikawa M, Hutcheson JD, Sahoo S, Fish JE

Editorial: Extracellular vesicles in cardiovascular inflammation and calcification.
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Corti A, De Paolis A, Grossman P, Dinh PA, Aikawa E, Weinbaum S, Cardoso L

The effect of plaque morphology, material composition and microcalcifications on the risk of cap rupture: A structural analysis of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques.
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Kuo A, Checa A, Niaudet C, Jung B, Fu Z, Wheelock CE, Singh SA, Aikawa M, Smith LEH, Proia RL, Hla T

Murine endothelial serine palmitoyltransferase 1 (SPTLC1) is required for vascular development and systemic sphingolipid homeostasi.
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Morgan S, Lee LH, Halu A, Nicolau JS, Higashi H, Ha AH, Wen JR, Daugherty A, Libby P, Cameron SJ, Mix D, Aikawa E, Owens AP, Singh SA, Aikawa M

Identifying novel mechanisms of abdominal aortic aneurysm via unbiased proteomics and systems biology.
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Atkins SK, Sonawane AR, Brouwhuis R, Barrientos J, Ha A, Rogers M, Tanaka T, Okui T, Kuraoka S, Singh SA, Aikawa M, Aikawa E

Induced pluripotent stem cell-derived smooth muscle cells to study cardiovascular calcification.
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Uchida S, Yu J, Goldman M, Asmis R, Yang X, Aikawa E, Bourantas C, Aikawa M, Tevaearai Stahel H

Editorial: Research reproducibility and preventing fraud.
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Marsit O, Clavel MA, Paquin A, Deschênes V, Hadjadj S, Sénéchal-Dumais I, Couet J, Arsenault M, Handschumacher MD, Levine RA, Aikawa E, Pibarot P, Beaudoin J

Effects of Cyproheptadine on Mitral Valve Remodeling and Regurgitation After Myocardial Infarction.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022;80(5):500-510 - PMID: 35902173 - DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.05.025

Wang L, Xu GE, Pan L, Aikawa E, Aikawa M, Xiao J, Huang NF

Editorial: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine: Rising Stars 2021.
Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022;9:928981 - PMID: 35757336 - PMCID: PMC9218798 - DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.928981

Asano T, Chelvanambi S, Decano JL, Whelan MC, Aikawa E, Aikawa M

In silico Drug Screening Approach Using L1000-Based Connectivity Map and Its Application to COVID-19.
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Decano JL, Iwamoto Y, Goto S, Lee JY, Matamalas JT, Halu A, Blaser M, Lee LH, Pieper B, Chelvanambi S, Silva-Nicolau J, Bartoli-Leonard F, Higashi H, Shibata H, Vyas P, Wang J, Gostjeva E, Body SC, Singh SA, Aikawa M, Aikawa E

A disease-driver population within interstitial cells of human calcific aortic valves identified via single-cell and proteomic profiling.
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Paquin A, Marsit O, Deschênes V, Rouabhia D, Hadjadj S, Clisson M, Robitaille C, Aikawa E, Levine RA, Pibarot P, Clavel MA, Beaudoin J

Progression of aortic stenosis after an acute myocardial infarction.
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Bartoli-Leonard F, Turner ME, Zimmer J, Chapurlat R, Pham T, Aikawa M, Pradhan AD, Szulc P, Aikawa E

Elevated lipoprotein(a) as a predictor for coronary events in older men.
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Sonawane AR, Aikawa E, Aikawa M

Connections for Matters of the Heart: Network Medicine in Cardiovascular Diseases.
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Dacano JL, Aikawa M, Singh SA

Promise of a Novel Bedside-to-Bench Paradigm: Can Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Proteomics Balloon Into Clinical Practice?
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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.
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Aikawa E, Hutcheson JD

The Developmental Origin of Calcific Aortic Stenosis.
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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.
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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Singh SA, Andraski AB, Higashi H, Lee LH, Ramsaroop A, Sacks FM, Aikawa M

Metabolism of PLTP, CETP, and LCAT on multiple HDL sizes using the Orbitrap Fusion Lumos.
JCI Insight. 2020;6(3):ePub - PMID: 33351780 - PMCID: PMC7934878 - DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.143526

Rogers MA, Aikawa E

An (Auto)Taxing Effort to Mechanistically Link Obesity and Calcific Aortic Valve Disease.
JACC Basic Transl Sci. 2020;5(9):898-900 - PMID: 33016951 - PMCID: PMC7524779 - DOI: 10.1016/j.jacbts.2020.04.016

Aikawa E, Blaser MC

2020 Jeffrey M. Hoeg Award Lecture: Calcifying Extracellular Vesicles as Building Blocks of Microcalcifications in Cardiovascular Disorders.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2020;41(1):117-127 - PMID: 33115271 - PMCID: PMC7832175 - DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.120.314704

Bartoli-Leonard F, Aikawa E

Heart Valve Disease: Challenges and New Opportunities.
Front Cardiovasc Med. 2020;7:602271 - PMID: 33195488 - PMCID: PMC7642276 - DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2020.602271

Iqbal F, Lupieri A, Aikawa M, Aikawa E

Harnessing Single-Cell RNA Sequencing to Better Understand How Diseased Cells Behave the Way They Do in Cardiovascular Disease.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2020;41(2):585-600 - PMID: 33327741 - PMCID: PMC8105278 - DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.120.314776

Schlotter F, de Freitas RCC, Rogers MA, Blaser MC, Wu PJ, Higashi H, Halu A, Iqbal F, Andraski AB, Rodia CN, Kuraoka S, Wen JR, Creager M, Pham T, Hutcheson JD, Body SC, Kohan AB, Sacks FM, Aikawa M, Singh SA, Aikawa E

ApoC-III is a novel inducer of calcification in human aortic valves.
J Biol Chem. 2020;296:100193 - PMID: 33334888 - PMCID: PMC7948477 - DOI: 10.1074/jbc.RA120.015700

Atkins SK, Singh SA, Aikawa E

Calcific Aortic Valve Disease "Omics"; Is Timely, But Are We Looking Too Late?
JACC Basic Transl Sci. 2020;5(12):1178-1180 - PMID: 33427821 - PMCID: PMC7775952 - DOI: 10.1016/j.jacbts.2020.11.001

Passos LSA, Nunes MCP, Zilla P, Yacoub MH, Aikawa E

Raising awareness for rheumatic mitral valve disease.
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