Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37646627›Full record

ArticleJournal of biomechanical engineering2024

Constitutive Modeling of Mouse Arteries Suggests Changes in Directional Coupling and Extracellular Matrix Remodeling That Depend on Artery Type, Age, Sex, and Elastin Amounts.

Keshav A Kailash, Jie Z Hawes, Austin J Cocciolone, Matthew R Bersi, Robert P Mecham, Jessica E Wagenseil

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of biomechanical engineering, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. A continuum model for tissues with moderate cell density.Computers in biology and medicine · 2025
    Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Keshav A KailashBiomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130.
Jie Z HawesMechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130.
Austin J CoccioloneMechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130.
Matthew R BersiMechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130.ORCID 0000-0003-1848-4165
Robert P MechamCell Biology and Physiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130.
Jessica E WagenseilMechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University, One Brookings Dr., MSC 1185-208-125, St. Louis, MO 63130.ORCID 0000-0001-7972-448X

Funding

Theranostic approach to treat abdominal aortic aneurysmsR01HL133662 · NHLBI · CLEMSON UNIVERSITY · PI Naren R Vyavahare · 2017 to 2026
$4.1M
VESSEL STIFFENING, HYPERTENSION, AND VASCULAR EXTRACELLULAR MATRIXR01HL105314 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MECHAM, ROBERT P., WAGENSEIL, JESSICA · 2010 to 2018
$3.2M
Complementary animal and computational models for biomarker identification in ascending thoracic aortic aneurysmR01HL164800 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI VICTOR H BAROCAS, Jessica Wagenseil · 2022 to 2026
$3.2M
Elastin deposition and stenosis formation in the developing aortaR56HL152420 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI WAGENSEIL, JESSICA · 2020 to 2020
$394k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL105314NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL133662NHLBI NIH HHS R56 HL152420
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arterial stiffening occurs during natural aging, is associated with an increased risk of adverse cardiovascular events, and can follow different timelines in males and females. One mechanism of arterial stiffening includes remodeling of the extracellular matrix (ECM), which alters the wall material properties. We used elastin haploinsufficient (Eln+/-) and wildtype (Eln+/+) mice to investigate how material properties of two different arteries (ascending aorta and carotid artery) change with age, sex, and ECM composition. We used a constitutive model by Dong and Sun that is based on the Holzapfel-Gasser-Ogden (HGO) type, but does not require a discrete number of fibrous ECM families and allows varied deformation coupling. We find that the amount of deformation coupling for the best fit model depends on the artery type. We also find that remodeling to maintain homeostatic (i.e., young, wildtype) values of biomechanical parameters with age, sex, and ECM composition depends on the artery type, with ascending aorta being more adaptable than carotid artery. Fitted material constants indicate sex-dependent remodeling that may be important for determining the time course of arterial stiffening in males and females. We correlated fitted material constants with ECM composition measured by biochemical (ascending aorta) or histological (carotid artery) methods. We show significant correlations between ECM composition and material parameters for the mean values for each group, with biochemical measurements correlating more strongly than histological measurements. Understanding how arterial stiffening depends on age, sex, ECM composition, and artery type may help design effective, personalized clinical treatment strategies.

Indexed as

AortaElastinAnimalsCarotid ArteriesExtracellular MatrixExtracellular Matrix ProteinsFemaleHumansMaleMiceElastinEln protein, mouseExtracellular Matrix Proteins

Identifiers

PMID37646627
PMCPMC12410933

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.