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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Cell physiology2022

Intravital imaging reveals inflammation as a dominant pathophysiology of age-related hepatovascular changes.

Ravi Vats, Ziming Li, Eun-Mi Ju, Rikesh K Dubey, Tomasz W Kaminski, Simon Watkins, Tirthadipa Pradhan-Sundd

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Article in American journal of physiology. Cell physiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Liver, ageing and disease.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2025
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  5. Overview of Innate Immune Cell Landscape in Liver Aging.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  7. CaMicroorganisms · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ravi VatsPittsburgh Heart, Liver and Blood Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Ziming LiPittsburgh Heart, Liver and Blood Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Eun-Mi JuPittsburgh Heart, Liver and Blood Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Rikesh K DubeyPittsburgh Heart, Liver and Blood Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Tomasz W KaminskiPittsburgh Heart, Liver and Blood Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.ORCID 0000-0002-8688-4171
Simon WatkinsDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Tirthadipa Pradhan-SunddPittsburgh Heart, Liver and Blood Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.ORCID 0000-0002-8763-4844
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Molecular Mechanism of Sickle Cell Hepatic CrisisK01DK125617 · NIDDK · VERSITI WISCONSIN, INC. · PI PRADHAN-SUNDD, TIRTHADIPA · 2020 to 2024
$736k
HHS | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) NIH-NIDDK-K01-125617NIDDK NIH HHS K01 DK125617
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging is the most significant risk factor for the majority of chronic diseases, including liver disease. The cellular, molecular, and pathophysiological mechanisms that promote age-induced hepatovascular changes are unknown due to our inability to visualize changes in liver pathophysiology in live mice over time. We performed quantitative liver intravital microscopy (qLIM) in live C57BL/6J mice to investigate the impact of aging on the hepatovascular system over a 24-mo period. qLIM revealed that age-related hepatic alterations include reduced liver sinusoidal blood flow, increased sinusoidal vessel diameter, and loss of small hepatic vessels. The ductular cell structure deteriorates with age, along with altered expression of hepatic junctional proteins. Furthermore, qLIM imaging revealed increased inflammation in the aged liver, which was linked to increased expression of proinflammatory macrophages, hepatic neutrophils, liver sinusoidal endothelial cells, senescent cells, and procoagulants. Finally, we detected elevated NF-κB pathway activity in aged livers. Overall, these findings emphasize the importance of inflammation in age-related hepatic vasculo-epithelial alterations and highlight the utility of qLIM in studying age-related effects in organ pathophysiology.

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Endothelial CellsLiverAnimalsInflammationIntravital MicroscopyMiceMice, Inbred C57BLaging in liverinflammationintravital imagingsenescence

Identifiers

PMID34986022
PMCPMC8917937
OpenAlexW4206839629

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