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Development of a personalized visualization and analysis tool to improve clinical care in complex multisystem diseases with application to scleroderma

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Background In complex diseases, it is challenging to assess a patient's disease state, trajectory, treatment exposures, and risk of multiple outcomes simultaneously, efficiently and at the point of care. Methods We developed an interactive patient‐level data visualization and analysis tool (VAT) that automates illustration of a scleroderma patient's ...
Ji Soo Kim, John Scott, Lauren Fisher, Lauren N. Smith, Willie Stewart, Adrianne Woods, Rob Smithwright, Diane Koher, Parastoo Aslanbeik, Aalok B. Shah, Brad Tibbils, Samantha I. Pitts, Ayse P. Gurses, Yushi Yang, Ana‐Maria Orbai, Antony Rosen, Laura K. Hummers, Scott L. Zeger, Ami A. Shah   +18 more
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Airway Remodeling and Airway Smooth Muscle in Asthma

Allergology International, 2006
Airway remodeling in asthma has been recognized as structural changes of airways such as smooth muscle hypertrophy (an increase in size of airway smooth muscle cells) and hyperplasia (an increase in the number of airway smooth muscle cells), thickening ...
Mitsuru Munakata
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CREB depletion in smooth muscle cells promotes medial thickening, adventitial fibrosis and elicits pulmonary hypertension

Pulmonary Circulation, 2020
Levels of the cAMP-responsive transcription factor, CREB, are reduced in medial smooth muscle cells in remodeled pulmonary arteries from hypertensive calves and rats with chronic hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension.
Chrystelle V. Garat, Susan M. Majka, Timothy M. Sullivan, Joseph T. Crossno, Jane E.B. Reusch, Dwight J. Klemm   +5 more
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3D In Vitro Models of Breast Cancer: Current Challenges and Future Prospects Toward Recapitulating the Microenvironment and Mimicking Key Processes

Advanced Biology, EarlyView.
In vitro cancer models are advantageous for studying important processes such as tumorigenesis, cancer growth, invasion, and metastasis. The complexity and biological relevance increase depending on the model structure, organization, and composition of materials and cells.
Kyndra S. Higgins, Ah Joung Yu, Cheryl T. Gomillion   +2 more
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PKCα and CPI-17 expression and spatial-temporal distribution with activation in pig stomach antrum and fundus [PDF]

, 2010
Smooth muscle contraction is a complicated process coordinated by contractile, regulatory and cytoskeletal proteins. The force generation depends on the phosphorylation of Myosin Regulatory Light Chain (MLC20). Myosin Light Chain Kinase (MLCK) and Myosin
Zhang, Yu
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Mechanisms altering airway smooth muscle cell Ca(2+) homeostasis in two asthma models [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Asthma is characterized by airway remodeling, altered mucus production and airway smooth muscle cell (ASMC) contraction causing extensive airway narrowing. In particular, alterations of ASMC contractility seem to be of crucial importance. The
Bergner, Albrecht, Edelmann, Martin, Fischer, Rainald, Huber, Rudolf M., Kellner, Julia, Oelmez, Hamza, Tantzscher, Juliane   +6 more
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Adipose Mesenchymal Stem Cell‐Derived Exosomes in Conjunction with Roflumilast Ameliorate Chronic Kidney Disease Through the Modulation of Fibrosis and Inflammation

Advanced Biology, EarlyView.
The novelty of this study showed that the injection of exosomes produced from ADMSCs in combination with Roflumilast poses a more favorable therapeutic outcome for CKD induced by Adriamycin, compared to therapy with exosomes or Roflumilast alone. Roflumilast and exosomes treatment lowered the expression of the apoptotic, fibrotic, and inflammatory ...
Mohamed Ali, Mohamed H. Sherif, Nashwa Barakat, Bassant Yahia, Ahmed A. Shokeir, Basel Sitohy   +5 more
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Robocasting of a Water‐Based Biopolymer/WO3 Nanopowder Paste as a Precursor to Tungsten Carbide Lattices

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This study demonstrates a novel, additive manufacturing approach to produce complex, porous tungsten carbide structures using water‐based direct ink writing/robocasting. Leveraging a modified commercial printer and heat treatment, the process yields lightweight, electrically conductive 3D architectures capable of supporting a mechanical load.
James Bentley Bevis, Manasi Shah, Sanketh Gombi, Rodrigo Martinez‐Duarte   +3 more
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Soft Beats: A Dielectric Elastomer‐Based Ventricular Assist Device for Next‐Gen Heart Failure Management

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
The dielectric elastomer‐based electropneumatic device (DE‐EPD) is a vacuum‐assisted ventricular assist device (VAD) that delivers high performance (85 mmHg, 6.8 L min−1) with low power consumption. Unlike traditional motor‐driven VADs, it is lightweight, quiet, energy‐efficient, and provides pulsatile flow. Validated in a simulated circulation system,
Amine Benouhiba, Armando Walter, Silje Ekroll Jahren, Francesco Clavica, Dominik Obrist, Yoan Civet, Yves Perriard   +6 more
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Regulation of 130kDa smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase expression by an intronic CArG element [PDF]

, 2013
The mylk1 gene encodes a 220-kDa nonmuscle myosin light chain kinase (MLCK), a 130-kDa smooth muscle MLCK (smMLCK), as well as the non-catalytic product telokin.
Chen, Meng, Gunst, Susan J., Herring, B. Paul, Hoggatt, April M., Kassab, Ghassan S., Lu, Xiao, Tune, Johnathan D., Zhang, Wenwu   +7 more
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