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ArticleJournal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN2020

Atorvastatin Reduces

Jie Cui, Chase W Kessinger, Harkamal S Jhajj, Madeleine S Grau, Sanjay Misra, Peter Libby, Jason R McCarthy, Farouc A Jaffer

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Article in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Vein Attempt? Experimental Models for Arteriovenous Fistula Research.Cardiovascular engineering and technology · 2026
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  3. Evaluating Animal Models for Improved Hemodialysis Vascular Access: A Focus on Arteriovenous Fistula.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jie CuiDivision of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Chase W KessingerDivision of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Harkamal S JhajjDivision of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Madeleine S GrauDivision of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Sanjay MisraDepartment of Radiology, Vascular and Interventional Radiology Translational Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
Peter LibbyCardiovascular Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Jason R McCarthyCenter for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Farouc A JafferDivision of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts fjaffer@mgh.harvard.edu.
Massachusetts General Hospital · USHarvard University · USMayo Clinic in Arizona · US

Funding

The Role of Hypoxia In Venous Neointimal Hyperplasia In Hemodialysis GraftsR01HL098967 · NHLBI · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI Sanjay Misra · 2010 to 2026
$10.4M
Novel PET/CT and Treatment Strategies to reduce PTS following DVTR01HL137913 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI JAFFER, FAROUC AMIN, TAWAKOL, AHMED A · 2017 to 2020
$3.3M
Regulatory gene-chemokine networks in the formation of hemodialysis AVF stenosisR01DK107870 · NIDDK · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI KUMAR, RAJIV, MISRA, SANJAY · 2017 to 2019
$716k
Regulatory gene-chemokine networks in the formation of hemodialysis AVF stenosisR56DK107870 · NIDDK · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI KUMAR, RAJIV, MISRA, SANJAY · 2020 to 2020
$103k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL098967NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL137913NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK107870NIDDK NIH HHS R56 DK107870
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundArteriovenous fistulas placed surgically for dialysis vascular access have a high primary failure rate resulting from excessive inward remodeling, medial fibrosis, and thrombosis. No clinically established pharmacologic or perisurgical therapies currently address this unmet need. Statins' induction of multiple anti-inflammatory and antithrombotic effects suggests that these drugs might reduce arteriovenous fistula failure. Yet, the

methodsWe randomized 108 C57Bl/6J mice to receive daily atorvastatin 1.14 mg/kg or PBS (control) starting 7 days before end-to-side carotid artery-jugular vein fistula creation and for up to 42 days after fistula creation. We then assessed longitudinally the effects of statin therapy on primary murine fistula patency and maturation. We concomitantly analyzed the

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conclusionsThese findings provide new

Indexed as

Arteriovenous Shunt, SurgicalAnimalsAtorvastatinCarotid Artery, InternalCollagenFemaleFibrinFibrosisHemorheologyInflammationJugular VeinsMacrophagesMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMolecular ImagingAtorvastatinCollagenFibrinRNA, Messengerarteriovenous accessarteriovenous fistulachronic inflammationdialysis accessthrombosis

Identifiers

PMID32152232
PMCPMC7217409
OpenAlexW3011989375

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