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ArticleBMC surgery2017

An association of spleen volume and aortic diameter in patients and in mice with abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Fang-Da Li, Rui Kang, Hao Nie, Xi-Ming Wang, Yue-Hong Zheng

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Article in BMC surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fang-Da LiDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, No.1 Shuaifuyuan, Dongdan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
Rui KangShandong Medical Imaging Research Institute, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardio-Cerebral Vascular Diseases, Shandong University, NO, 324, Jingwu Road, Jinan, Shandong, 250021, China.
Hao NieDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, No.1 Shuaifuyuan, Dongdan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
Xi-Ming WangShandong Medical Imaging Research Institute, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardio-Cerebral Vascular Diseases, Shandong University, NO, 324, Jingwu Road, Jinan, Shandong, 250021, China. wxming369@163.com.
Yue-Hong ZhengDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, No.1 Shuaifuyuan, Dongdan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China. yuehongzheng@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0704-5469
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNShandong University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81270390National Natural Science Foundation of China 81371547National Natural Science Foundation of China 81470586
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo investigate the potential mechanism of splenic enlargement in Ang II/APOE model and the associations between the spleen volume and the indices of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in human.

methodsTo investigate the changes of spleen volume on AAA formation, apolipoprotein E knockout (Apo E

resultsIn Ang II/APOE model, we found splenic enlargement in mice with AAA compared with the sham group. Histopathological investigations revealed hypertrophies of splenic follicles and increased populations of CD3

conclusionsMimicking the splenic pathology observed in murine AAA model, there is a strong positive correlation between spleen volume and the Dmax in male AAA patients. As Dmax is a valuable predictor of AAA rupture, the spleen enlargement may be another indicator.

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AgedAnimalsAortic Aneurysm, AbdominalApolipoproteins ECase-Control StudiesHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesSpleenTomography, X-Ray ComputedApolipoproteins EAbdominal aortic aneurysmImagingInflammationRupturedSpleen volume

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