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Chunyu Zheng; Elena Aikawa; Veronica Azcutia; Kevin Croce; Jose-Luiz Figueiredo; Francis W Luscinskas; Frank M Sacks; Hiroyuki Sonoki; Masanori Aikawa
Statins suppress apolipoprotein CIII-induced vascular endothelial cell activation and monocyte adhesion.
Joyce Bischoff; Elena Aikawa
Progenitor cells confer plasticity to cardiac valve endothelium.
Sophie E P New; Elena Aikawa
Molecular imaging insights into early inflammatory stages of arterial and aortic valve calcification.

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2013: Chunyu Zheng; Elena Aikawa; Veronica Azcutia; Kevin Croce; Jose-Luiz Figueiredo; Francis W Luscinskas; Frank M Sacks; Hiroyuki Sonoki; Masanori Aikawa
Statins suppress apolipoprotein CIII-induced vascular endothelial cell activation and monocyte adhesion.
European heart journal 2013;34(8):615-24.
2011: Joyce Bischoff; Elena Aikawa
Progenitor cells confer plasticity to cardiac valve endothelium.
Journal of cardiovascular translational research 2011;4(6):710-9.
2011: Sophie E P New; Elena Aikawa
Molecular imaging insights into early inflammatory stages of arterial and aortic valve calcification.
Circulation research 2011;108(11):1381-91.
2011: Claudio Vinegoni; Ion Botnaru; Elena Aikawa; Marcella A Calfon; Yoshiko Iwamoto; Eduardo J Folco; Vasilis Ntziachristos; Ralph Weissleder; Peter Libby; Farouc A Jaffer
Indocyanine green enables near-infrared fluorescence imaging of lipid-rich, inflamed atherosclerotic plaques.
Science translational medicine 2011;3(84):84ra45.
2011: Jill Wylie-Sears; Elena Aikawa; Robert A Levine; Jeong-Hee Yang; Joyce Bischoff
Mitral valve endothelial cells with osteogenic differentiation potential.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2011;31(3):598-607.
2011: Sophie E P New; Elena Aikawa
Cardiovascular calcification: an inflammatory disease.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2011;75(6):1305-13.
2010: Kiyuk Chang; Sanjeev A Francis; Elena Aikawa; Jose-Luiz Figueiredo; Rainer H Kohler; Jason R McCarthy; Ralph Weissleder; Jorge Plutzky; Farouc A Jaffer
Pioglitazone suppresses inflammation in vivo in murine carotid atherosclerosis: novel detection by dual-target fluorescence molecular imaging.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2010;30(10):1933-9.
2010: Jesper Hjortnaes; Jonathan Butcher; Jose-Luiz Figueiredo; Mark Riccio; Rainer H Kohler; Kenneth M Kozloff; Ralph Weissleder; Elena Aikawa
Arterial and aortic valve calcification inversely correlates with osteoporotic bone remodelling: a role for inflammation.
European heart journal 2010;31(16):1975-84.
2010: Danielle Gottlieb; Tandon Kunal; Sitaram Emani; Elena Aikawa; David W Brown; Andrew J Powell; Arthur Nedder; George C Engelmayr; Juan M Melero-Martin; Michael S Sacks; John E Mayer
In vivo monitoring of function of autologous engineered pulmonary valve.
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2010;139(3):723-31.
2010: Sharan Ramaswamy; Danielle Gottlieb; George C Engelmayr; Elena Aikawa; David E Schmidt; Diana M Gaitan-Leon; Virna L Sales; John E Mayer; Michael S Sacks
The role of organ level conditioning on the promotion of engineered heart valve tissue development in-vitro using mesenchymal stem cells.
Biomaterials 2010;31(6):1114-25.
2010: Virna L Sales; Bret A Mettler; George C Engelmayr; Elena Aikawa; Joyce Bischoff; David P Martin; Alexis Exarhopoulos; Marsha A Moses; Frederick J Schoen; Michael S Sacks; John E Mayer
Endothelial progenitor cells as a sole source for ex vivo seeding of tissue-engineered heart valves.
Tissue engineering. Part A 2010;16(1):257-67.
2009: Peter Panizzi; Matthias Nahrendorf; Moritz Wildgruber; Peter Waterman; Jose-Luiz Figueiredo; Elena Aikawa; Jason McCarthy; Ralph Weissleder; Scott A Hilderbrand
Oxazine conjugated nanoparticle detects in vivo hypochlorous acid and peroxynitrite generation.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2009;131(43):15739-44.
2009: David E Sosnovik; Matthias Nahrendorf; Peter Panizzi; Takashi Matsui; Elena Aikawa; Guangping Dai; Ling Li; Fred Reynolds; Gerald W Dorn; Ralph Weissleder; Lee Josephson; Anthony Rosenzweig
Molecular MRI detects low levels of cardiomyocyte apoptosis in a transgenic model of chronic heart failure.
Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging 2009;2(6):468-75.
2009: David E Sosnovik; Elisabeth Garanger; Elena Aikawa; Matthias Nahrendorf; Jose-Luiz Figuiredo; Guangping Dai; Fred Reynolds; Anthony Rosenzweig; Ralph Weissleder; Lee Josephson
Molecular MRI of cardiomyocyte apoptosis with simultaneous delayed-enhancement MRI distinguishes apoptotic and necrotic myocytes in vivo: potential for midmyocardial salvage in acute ischemia.
Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging 2009;2(6):460-7.
2009: Matthias Nahrendorf; Edmund Keliher; Peter Panizzi; Hanwen Zhang; Sheena Hembrador; Jose-Luiz Figueiredo; Elena Aikawa; Kimberly A Kelly; Peter Libby; Ralph Weissleder
18F-4V for PET-CT imaging of VCAM-1 expression in atherosclerosis.
JACC. Cardiovascular imaging 2009;2(10):1213-22.
2009: Jun-o Deguchi; Hiroyuki Yamazaki; Elena Aikawa; Masanori Aikawa
Chronic hypoxia activates the Akt and beta-catenin pathways in human macrophages.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2009;29(10):1664-70.
2009: Matthias Nahrendorf; Peter Waterman; Greg Thurber; Kevin Groves; Milind Rajopadhye; Peter Panizzi; Brett Marinelli; Elena Aikawa; Mikaël J Pittet; Filip K Swirski; Ralph Weissleder
Hybrid in vivo FMT-CT imaging of protease activity in atherosclerosis with customized nanosensors.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2009;29(10):1444-51.
2009: Filip K Swirski; Matthias Nahrendorf; Martin Etzrodt; Moritz Wildgruber; Virna Cortez-Retamozo; Peter Panizzi; Jose-Luiz Figueiredo; Rainer H Kohler; Aleksey Chudnovskiy; Peter Waterman; Elena Aikawa; Thorsten R Mempel; Peter Libby; Ralph Weissleder; Mikaël J Pittet
Identification of splenic reservoir monocytes and their deployment to inflammatory sites.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 2009;325(5940):612-6.
2009: Jacob P Dal-Bianco; Elena Aikawa; Joyce Bischoff; J Luis Guerrero; Mark D Handschumacher; Suzanne Sullivan; Benjamin Johnson; James S Titus; Yoshiko Iwamoto; Jill Wylie-Sears; Robert A Levine; Alain Carpentier
Active adaptation of the tethered mitral valve: insights into a compensatory mechanism for functional mitral regurgitation.
Circulation 2009;120(4):334-42.
2009: Adam Smith; Joe Blois; Hushan Yuan; Elena Aikawa; Christian Ellson; Jose-Luiz Figueiredo; Ralph Weissleder; Rainer Kohler; Michael B Yaffe; Lewis C Cantley; Lee Josephson
The antiproliferative cytostatic effects of a self-activating viridin prodrug.
Molecular cancer therapeutics 2009;8(6):1666-75.
2009: Thomas Christen; Matthias Nahrendorf; Moritz Wildgruber; Filip K Swirski; Elena Aikawa; Peter Waterman; Koichi Shimizu; Ralph Weissleder; Peter Libby
Molecular imaging of innate immune cell function in transplant rejection.
Circulation 2009;119(14):1925-32.
2009: Elena Aikawa; Masanori Aikawa; Peter Libby; Jose-Luiz Figueiredo; Gabriel Rusanescu; Yoshiko Iwamoto; Daiju Fukuda; Rainer H Kohler; Guo-Ping Shi; Farouc A Jaffer; Ralph Weissleder
Arterial and aortic valve calcification abolished by elastolytic cathepsin S deficiency in chronic renal disease.
Circulation 2009;119(13):1785-94.
2009: Kimberly A Kelly; Stanley Y Shaw; Matthias Nahrendorf; Kelly Kristoff; Elena Aikawa; Stuart L Schreiber; Paul A Clemons; Ralph Weissleder
Unbiased discovery of in vivo imaging probes through in vitro profiling of nanoparticle libraries.
Integrative biology : quantitative biosciences from nano to macro 2009;1(4):311-7.
2009: Corey M McCann; Peter Waterman; Jose-Luiz Figueiredo; Elena Aikawa; Ralph Weissleder; John W Chen
Combined magnetic resonance and fluorescence imaging of the living mouse brain reveals glioma response to chemotherapy.
NeuroImage 2009;45(2):360-9.
2008: Mark J Niedre; Ruben H de Kleine; Elena Aikawa; David G Kirsch; Ralph Weissleder; Vasilis Ntziachristos
Early photon tomography allows fluorescence detection of lung carcinomas and disease progression in mice in vivo.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2008;105(49):19126-31.
2008: Michael O Breckwoldt; John W Chen; Lars Stangenberg; Elena Aikawa; Elisenda Rodriguez; Shumei Qiu; Michael A Moskowitz; Ralph Weissleder
Tracking the inflammatory response in stroke in vivo by sensing the enzyme myeloperoxidase.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2008;105(47):18584-9.
2008: Elisabeth Garanger; Elena Aikawa; Fred Reynolds; Ralph Weissleder; Lee Josephson
Simplified syntheses of complex multifunctional nanomaterials.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 2008;(39):4792-4.
2008: Gabriel Rusanescu; Ralph Weissleder; Elena Aikawa
Notch signaling in cardiovascular disease and calcification.
Current cardiology reviews 2008;4(3):148-56.
2008: John W Chen; Michael O Breckwoldt; Elena Aikawa; Gloria Chiang; Ralph Weissleder
Myeloperoxidase-targeted imaging of active inflammatory lesions in murine experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.
Brain : a journal of neurology 2008;131(Pt 4):1123-33.
2008: Matthias Nahrendorf; David E Sosnovik; John W Chen; Peter Panizzi; Jose-Luiz Figueiredo; Elena Aikawa; Peter Libby; Filip K Swirski; Ralph Weissleder
Activatable magnetic resonance imaging agent reports myeloperoxidase activity in healing infarcts and noninvasively detects the antiinflammatory effects of atorvastatin on ischemia-reperfusion injury.
Circulation 2008;117(9):1153-60.
2008: Matthias Nahrendorf; Elena Aikawa; Jose-Luiz Figueiredo; Lars Stangenberg; Susanne W van den Borne; W Matthijs Blankesteijn; David E Sosnovik; Farouc A Jaffer; Ching-Hsuan Tung; Ralph Weissleder
Transglutaminase activity in acute infarcts predicts healing outcome and left ventricular remodelling: implications for FXIII therapy and antithrombin use in myocardial infarction.
European heart journal 2008;29(4):445-54.
2008: Matthias Nahrendorf; Hanwen Zhang; Sheena Hembrador; Peter Panizzi; David E Sosnovik; Elena Aikawa; Peter Libby; Filip K Swirski; Ralph Weissleder
Nanoparticle PET-CT imaging of macrophages in inflammatory atherosclerosis.
Circulation 2008;117(3):379-87.
2007: Elena Aikawa; Matthias Nahrendorf; Jose-Luiz Figueiredo; Filip K Swirski; Timur Shtatland; Rainer H Kohler; Farouc A Jaffer; Masanori Aikawa; Ralph Weissleder
Osteogenesis associates with inflammation in early-stage atherosclerosis evaluated by molecular imaging in vivo.
Circulation 2007;116(24):2841-50.
2007: Matthias Nahrendorf; Filip K Swirski; Elena Aikawa; Lars Stangenberg; Thomas Wurdinger; Jose-Luiz Figueiredo; Peter Libby; Ralph Weissleder; Mikaël J Pittet
The healing myocardium sequentially mobilizes two monocyte subsets with divergent and complementary functions.
The Journal of experimental medicine 2007;204(12):3037-47.
2007: Karen Mendelson; Elena Aikawa; Bret A Mettler; Virna L Sales; David Martin; John E Mayer; Frederick J Schoen
Healing and remodeling of bioengineered pulmonary artery patches implanted in sheep.
Cardiovascular pathology : the official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology 2007;16(5):277-82.
2007: Farouc A Jaffer; Dong-Eog Kim; Luisa Quinti; Ching-Hsuan Tung; Elena Aikawa; Ashvin N Pande; Rainer H Kohler; Guo-Ping Shi; Peter Libby; Ralph Weissleder
Optical visualization of cathepsin K activity in atherosclerosis with a novel, protease-activatable fluorescence sensor.
Circulation 2007;115(17):2292-8.
2007: Matthias Nahrendorf; David E Sosnovik; Peter Waterman; Filip K Swirski; Ashvin N Pande; Elena Aikawa; Jose-Luiz Figueiredo; Mikaël J Pittet; Ralph Weissleder
Dual channel optical tomographic imaging of leukocyte recruitment and protease activity in the healing myocardial infarct.
Circulation research 2007;100(8):1218-25.
2007: David E Sosnovik; Matthias Nahrendorf; Nikolaos Deliolanis; Mikhail Novikov; Elena Aikawa; Lee Josephson; Anthony Rosenzweig; Ralph Weissleder; Vasilis Ntziachristos
Fluorescence tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of myocardial macrophage infiltration in infarcted myocardium in vivo.
Circulation 2007;115(11):1384-91.
2007: Elena Aikawa; Matthias Nahrendorf; David E Sosnovik; Vincent M Lok; Farouc A Jaffer; Masanori Aikawa; Ralph Weissleder
Multimodality molecular imaging identifies proteolytic and osteogenic activities in early aortic valve disease.
Circulation 2007;115(3):377-86.
2007: Filip K Swirski; Peter Libby; Elena Aikawa; Pilar Alcaide; Francis W Luscinskas; Ralph Weissleder; Mikaël J Pittet
Ly-6Chi monocytes dominate hypercholesterolemia-associated monocytosis and give rise to macrophages in atheromata.
The Journal of clinical investigation 2007;117(1):195-205.
2006: Matthias Nahrendorf; Farouc A Jaffer; Kimberly A Kelly; David E Sosnovik; Elena Aikawa; Peter Libby; Ralph Weissleder
Noninvasive vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 imaging identifies inflammatory activation of cells in atherosclerosis.
Circulation 2006;114(14):1504-11.
2006: Filip K Swirski; Mikaël J Pittet; Moritz Kircher; Elena Aikawa; Farouc A Jaffer; Peter Libby; Ralph Weissleder
Monocyte accumulation in mouse atherogenesis is progressive and proportional to extent of disease.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2006;103(27):10340-5.
2006: Jun-o Deguchi; Masanori Aikawa; Ching-Hsuan Tung; Elena Aikawa; Dong-Eog Kim; Vasilis Ntziachristos; Ralph Weissleder; Peter Libby
Inflammation in atherosclerosis: visualizing matrix metalloproteinase action in macrophages in vivo.
Circulation 2006;114(1):55-62.
2006: Eric A Heller; Emerson Liu; Andrew M Tager; Qian Yuan; Alexander Y Lin; Neil Ahluwalia; Krister Jones; Stephanie L Koehn; Vincent M Lok; Elena Aikawa; Kathryn J Moore; Andrew D Luster; Robert E Gerszten
Chemokine CXCL10 promotes atherogenesis by modulating the local balance of effector and regulatory T cells.
Circulation 2006;113(19):2301-12.
2006: Farouc A Jaffer; Matthias Nahrendorf; David E Sosnovik; Kimberly A Kelly; Elena Aikawa; Ralph Weissleder
Cellular imaging of inflammation in atherosclerosis using magnetofluorescent nanomaterials.
Molecular imaging 2006;5(2):85-92.
2006: Elena Aikawa; Peter Whittaker; Mark Farber; Karen Mendelson; Robert F Padera; Masanori Aikawa; Frederick J Schoen
Human semilunar cardiac valve remodeling by activated cells from fetus to adult: implications for postnatal adaptation, pathology, and tissue engineering.
Circulation 2006;113(10):1344-52.
2006: Ashvin N Pande; Rainer H Kohler; Elena Aikawa; Ralph Weissleder; Farouc A Jaffer
Detection of macrophage activity in atherosclerosis in vivo using multichannel, high-resolution laser scanning fluorescence microscopy.
Journal of biomedical optics 2006;11(2):021009.
2005: Jun-o Deguchi; Elena Aikawa; Peter Libby; Jeffrey R Vachon; Masaki Inada; Stephen M Krane; Peter Whittaker; Masanori Aikawa
Matrix metalloproteinase-13/collagenase-3 deletion promotes collagen accumulation and organization in mouse atherosclerotic plaques.
Circulation 2005;112(17):2708-15.
2005: Eric A Heller; Emerson Liu; Andrew M Tager; Sumita Sinha; Jesse D Roberts; Stephanie L Koehn; Peter Libby; Elena Aikawa; Ji Qiu Chen; Paul Huang; Mason W Freeman; Kathryn J Moore; Andrew D Luster; Robert E Gerszten
Inhibition of atherogenesis in BLT1-deficient mice reveals a role for LTB4 and BLT1 in smooth muscle cell recruitment.
Circulation 2005;112(4):578-86.