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Luo W, Wang Y, Zhang L, Ren P, Zhang C, Li Y, Azares AR, Zhang M, Guo J, Ghaghada KB, Starosolski ZA, Rajapakshe K, Coarfa C, Li Y, Chen R, Fujiwara K, Abe JI, Coselli JS, Milewicz DM, LeMaire SA, Shen YH. Critical Role of Cytosolic DNA and Its Sensing Adaptor STING in Aortic Degeneration, Dissection, and Rupture. Circulation. 2020 Jan 7;141(1):42-66. PMID: 31887080.
Ren P, Hughes M, Krishnamoorthy S, Zou S, Zhang L, Wu D, Zhang C, Curci JA, Coselli JS, Milewicz DM, LeMaire SA, Shen YH. Critical role of ADAMTS-4 in the development of sporadic aortic aneurysm and dissection in mice. Sci Rep. 2017 Sep 27;7(1):12351. PMID: 28955046.
LeMaire SA, Zhang L, Luo W, Ren P, Azares, AR, Wang Y, Zhang C, Coselli JS, Shen YH. Ciprofloxacin increases susceptibility to aortic dissection and rupture in mice. JAMA Surgery, 2018 Jul 25:e181804. PMID: 30046809.
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Albini PT, Segura AM, Liu G, Minard CG, Coselli JS, Milewicz DM, Shen YH, LeMaire SA. Advanced atherosclerosis is associated with increased medial degeneration in sporadic ascending aortic aneurysms. Atherosclerosis. 2014 Feb;232(2):361-8. PubMed PMID: 24468149.
Shen YH , Zhang L, Ren P, Nguyen MT, Zou S, Wu D, Wang XL, Coselli J, LeMaire SA. AKT2 confers protection against aortic aneurysms and dissections. Circ Res 2013;112:618-32. PMID: 23250987.
Ren P, Zhang L, Xu G, Palmero LC, Albini PT, Coselli JS, Shen YH, LeMaire SA. ADAMTS-1 and ADAMTS-4 levels are elevated in thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections. Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Feb;95(2):570-7. PubMed PMID: 23245439.
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