Thrombospondin 1 Is Increased in the Aorta and Plasma of Patients With Acute Aortic Dissection

An adventitial IL-6/MCP1 amplification loop accelerates macrophage-mediated vascular inflammation leading to aortic dissection in mice

Brian Tieu, Chang Lee, Hong Sun et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2009 · 455 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cardiology, Immunology +17

Characterization of the inflammatory and apoptotic cells in the aortas of patients with ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections

Rumin He, Dong-Chuan Guo, Anthony L. Estrera et al. · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 2006 · 341 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cell Biology, Surgery +14

Neutrophil-Derived Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 Triggers Acute Aortic Dissection

Tomohiro Kurihara, Ryoko Shimizu‐Hirota, Masayuki Shimoda et al. · Circulation · 2012 · 258 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Cardiology, Pathobiology +11

Adventitial CXCL1/G-CSF Expression in Response to Acute Aortic Dissection Triggers Local Neutrophil Recruitment and Activation Leading to Aortic Rupture

Atsushi Anzai, Masayuki Shimoda, Jin Endo et al. · Circulation Research · 2015 · 210 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Cardiology, Immunology +17

Collagen and elastin degradation by matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinase in aortic dissection

Toshiharu Ishii, Noriko Asuwa · Human Pathology · 2000 · 156 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Pathology, Surgery +15