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ArticleScientific reports2018

Neovasculature can be induced by patching an arterial graft into a vein: A novel in vivo model of spontaneous arteriovenous fistula formation.

Yukinobu Ito, Makoto Yoshida, Daichi Maeda, Masato Takahashi, Hiroshi Nanjo, Hirotake Masuda, Akiteru Goto

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Arteriovenous fistula in the head and neck - a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical presentation.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yukinobu ItoDepartment of Cellular and Organ Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Akita University, Akita, Japan.
Makoto YoshidaDepartment of Cellular and Organ Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Akita University, Akita, Japan.
Daichi MaedaDepartment of Cellular and Organ Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Akita University, Akita, Japan.
Masato TakahashiDepartment of Diagnostic Pathology, Akita Kousei Medical Center, Akita, Japan.
Hiroshi NanjoDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Akita University Hospital, Akita, Japan.
Hirotake MasudaDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Ogachi Central Hospital, Akita, Japan.
Akiteru GotoDepartment of Cellular and Organ Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Akita University, Akita, Japan. akigoto@med.akita-u.ac.jp.
Akita University · JPAkita Industrial Technology Center · JPAkita University Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arteriovenous malformations consist of tangles of arteries and veins that are often connected by a fistula. The causes and mechanisms of these clinical entities are not fully understood. We discovered that suturing an arterial patch into the common jugular vein of rabbits led to spontaneous neovascularization, the formation of an arteriovenous fistula and the development of an arteriovenous shunt. An arterial patch excised from the common carotid artery was sutured into the common jugular vein. Within a month, a dense nidus-like neovasculature formed around the patch. Angiography and pulse-oximeter analyses showed that the blood flowing into the neovasculature was arterial blood. This indicated that an arteriovenous shunt had formed. Fluorescence in situ hybridization with a Y chromosome probe in female rabbits that received an arterial patch from male rabbits showed that the vessels close to the graft bore the Y chromosome, whereas the vessels further away did not. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays and cDNA microarray analysis showed that multiple angiogenic factors were upregulated after patch transplantation. This is the first in vivo model of spontaneous arteriovenous fistula formation. Further research on these differences may help to improve understanding of human vascular anomaly diseases and the basic principles underlying vasculogenesis and/or angiogenesis.

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Neovascularization, PhysiologicAnimalsArteriovenous FistulaCarotid Artery, CommonDisease Models, AnimalFemaleMaleRabbitsVascular GraftingVeins

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PMID29453407
PMCPMC5816615
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