Circulation: Smooth muscle cells orchestrate the endothelial cell response to flow and injury

Balcells M, Martorell J, Olive C, Santacana M, Chitalia V, Cardoso A, Edelman ER. Smooth muscle cells orchestrate the endothelial cell response to flow and injury. Summary: Local modulation of vascular mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling reduces smooth muscle cell (SMC) proliferation after endovascular interventions but may be associated with endothelial cell (EC) toxicity. The […]

J Heart Lung Transplant: T-helper 2 cells are essential for modulation of vascular repair by allogeneic endothelial cells

Methe H, Nanasato M, Spognardi AM, Groothuis A, Edelman ER. . T-helper 2 cells are essential for modulation of vascular repair by allogeneic endothelial cells. Summary: Endothelial cells (EC) embedded within three-dimensional matrices (MEEC) when placed in the vascular adventitia control lumenal inflammation and intimal hyperplasia. Matrix-embedding alters endothelial immunogenicity in vitro. T helper (Th) driven […]

Journal of Controlled Release: Lesion complexity determines arterial drug distribution after local drug delivery

Tzafriri A, Vukmirovic N, Kolachalama V, Astafieve I, Edelman ER. Lesion complexity determines arterial drug distribution after local drug delivery. Summary: Though stents are deployed in diseased arteries drug distribution has only been quantified in intact, non-diseased vessels. We correlated steady-state arterial drug distribution with tissue ultrastructure and composition in abdominal aortae from atherosclerotic human autopsy […]

PloS ONE: Luminal flow amplifies stent-based drug deposition in arterial bifurcations

Kolachalama VB, Levine EG, Edelman ER. Luminal flow amplifies stent-based drug deposition in arterial bifurcations. Summary: Treatment of arterial bifurcation lesions using drug-eluting stents (DES) is now common clinical practice and yet the mechanisms governing drug distribution in these complex morphologies are incompletely understood. It is still not evident how to efficiently determine the efficacy of […]