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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Renal physiology2011

Regional and systemic hemodynamic responses following the creation of a murine arteriovenous fistula.

Lu Kang, Satsuki Yamada, Melissa C Hernandez, Anthony J Croatt, Joseph P Grande, Julio P Juncos, Gregory M Vercellotti, Robert P Hebbel, Zvonimir S Katusic, Andre Terzic and 1 more

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Article in American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Vein Attempt? Experimental Models for Arteriovenous Fistula Research.Cardiovascular engineering and technology · 2026
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  2. The rodent models of arteriovenous fistula.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024
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  7. Effects of Tongmai oral liquid in femoral ateriovenous fistula.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2015
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  8. Induction and functional significance of the heme oxygenase system in pathological shear stress in vivo.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2015
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  9. Novel therapies for hemodialysis vascular access dysfunction: myth or reality?Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2013
    Review
  10. Functioning of an arteriovenous fistula requires heme oxygenase-2.American journal of physiology. Renal physiology · 2013
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  11. Vasculature and kidney complications in sickle cell disease.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2012
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lu KangDivision of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester 55905, USA.
Satsuki Yamada
Melissa C Hernandez
Anthony J Croatt
Joseph P Grande
Julio P Juncos
Gregory M Vercellotti
Robert P Hebbel
Zvonimir S Katusic
Andre Terzic
Karl A Nath
Mayo Clinic · USHypertension Institute · USUniversity of Minnesota Medical Center · US

Funding

VASCULAR PATHOBIOLOGY OF SICKLE CELL DISEASEP01HL055552 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI HEBBEL, ROBERT P · 1995 to 2011
$17.3M
Renal Injury and Adaptation to Heme ProteinsR37DK047060 · NIDDK · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI NATH, KARL A. · 2002 to 2011
$3.6M
Mechanism of Dialysis Arteriovenous Fistula DysfunctionR01DK070124 · NIDDK · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI NATH, KARL A. · 2005 to 2015
$3.4M
RENAL INJURY AND ADAPTATION TO HEME PROTEINSR01DK047060 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI NATH, KARL A. · 1993 to 2018
$2.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL55552NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL055552NIDDK NIH HHS DK47060NIDDK NIH HHS DK70124NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK070124NIDDK NIH HHS R37 DK047060
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study of hemodynamic alterations following the creation of an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is relevant to vascular adaptive responses and hemodialysis access dysfunction. This study examined such alterations in a murine AVF created by anastomosing the carotid artery to the jugular vein. AVF blood flow was markedly increased due to reduced AVF vascular resistance. Despite such markedly increased basal blood flow, AVF blood flow further increased in response to acetylcholine. This AVF model exhibited increased cardiac output and decreased systemic vascular resistance; the kidney, in contrast, exhibited decreased blood flow and increased vascular resistance. Augmentation in AVF blood flow was attended by increased arterial heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) mRNA and protein expression, the latter localized to smooth muscle cells of the AVF artery; AVF blood flow was substantially reduced in HO-1(-/-) mice compared with HO-1(+/+) mice. Finally, in a murine model of a representative disease known to exhibit impaired hemodynamic responses (sickle cell disease), the creation of an AVF was attended by decreased AVF flow and impaired AVF function. We conclude that this AVF model exhibits markedly increased AVF blood flow, a vasodilatory reserve capacity, increased cardiac output, decreased renal blood flow, and a dependency on intact hemodynamic responses, in general, and HO-1 expression, in particular, in achieving and maintaining AVF blood flow. We suggest that these findings support the utility of this model in investigating the basis for and the consequences of hemodynamic stress, including shear stress, and the pathobiology of hemodialysis AVF dysfunction.

Indexed as

AcetylcholineAnemia, Sickle CellAnimalsArteriovenous FistulaCardiac OutputCarotid ArteriesDisease Models, AnimalHeme Oxygenase-1HemodynamicsJugular VeinsKidneyMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMuscle, Smooth, VascularRegional Blood FlowAcetylcholineHeme Oxygenase-1

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PMID21697243
PMCPMC3191805
OpenAlexW1996314764

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