ArticleJournal of neuropathology and experimental neurology2016
Smooth Muscle Cell Foam Cell Formation, Apolipoproteins, and ABCA1 in Intracranial Aneurysms: Implications for Lipid Accumulation as a Promoter of Aneurysm Wall Rupture.
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- Apolipoprotein A1 Levels Are Inversely Associated with Aneurysm Wall Enhancement in Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms.Neurologia medico-chirurgica · 2025Article
- Integrated analysis of single-cell sequencing and machine learning identifies a signature based on monocyte/macrophage hub genes to analyze the intracranial aneurysm associated immune microenvironment.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Article
- Risk factors and predictive indicators of rupture in cerebral aneurysms.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Review
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- Intracranial Aneurysms and Lipid Metabolism Disorders: From Molecular Mechanisms to Clinical Implications.Biomolecules · 2023Review
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- Identification of co-expressed central genes and transcription factors in atherosclerosis-related intracranial aneurysm.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Current understanding of macrophages in intracranial aneurysm: relevant etiological manifestations, signaling modulation and therapeutic strategies.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Review
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- Association of blood lipid levels with the risk of intracranial aneurysm formation and rupture calls for further studies: A commentary on the article by Zhang et al.European journal of neurology · 2022Article
- Lymphatic vessels are present in human saccular intracranial aneurysms.Acta neuropathologica communications · 2022Article
- Intracranial aneurysm wall (in)stability-current state of knowledge and clinical perspectives.Neurosurgical review · 2022Review
- Disturbed flow's impact on cellular changes indicative of vascular aneurysm initiation, expansion, and rupture: A pathological and methodological review.Journal of cellular physiology · 2022Review
- STAT3 Contributes to Intracranial Aneurysm Formation and Rupture by Modulating Inflammatory Response.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2021Article
- Serum Amyloid A Is Present in Human Saccular Intracranial Aneurysm Walls and Associates With Aneurysm Rupture.Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology · 2021Article
- Apolipoprotein-AI and AIBP synergetic anti-inflammation as vascular diseases therapy: the new perspective.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2021Review
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Abstract
Saccular intracranial aneurysm (sIA) aneurysm causes intracranial hemorrhages that are associated with high mortality. Lipid accumulation and chronic inflammation occur in the sIA wall. A major mechanism for lipid clearance from arteries is adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette A1 (ABCA1)-mediated lipid efflux from foam cells to apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I). We investigated the association of wall degeneration, inflammation, and lipid-related parameters in tissue samples of 16 unruptured and 20 ruptured sIAs using histology and immunohistochemistry. Intracellular lipid accumulation was associated with wall remodeling (p = 0.005) and rupture (p = 0.020). Foam cell formation was observed in smooth muscle cells, in addition to CD68- and CD163-positive macrophages. Macrophage infiltration correlated with intracellular lipid accumulation and apolipoproteins, including apoA-I. ApoA-I correlated with markers of lipid accumulation and wall degeneration (p = 0.01). ApoA-I-positive staining colocalized with ABCA1-positive cells particularly in sIAs with high number of smooth muscle cells (p = 0.003); absence of such colocalization was associated with wall degeneration (p = 0.017). Known clinical risk factors for sIA rupture correlated inversely with apoA-I. We conclude that lipid accumulation associates with sIA wall degeneration and risk of rupture, possibly via formation of foam cells and subsequent loss of mural cells. Reduced removal of lipids from the sIA wall via ABCA1-apoA-I pathway may contribute to this process.
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