Wall shear modulation of cytokines in early vein grafts Zhihua Jiang, MD, PhD, Scott A Berceli, MD, PhD, Chun L Pfahnl, MA, Lizhen Wu, RN, Darin Goldman, BS, Ming Tao, MD, Motoko Kagayama, MS, Akihiro Matsukawa, MD, C.Keith Ozaki, MD Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 40, Issue 2, Pages 345-350 (August 2004) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2004.03.048
Fig 1 Examples of low (A) and high (B) wall shear vein grafts (28 days; Masson trichrome), and normal jugular vein (C). Journal of Vascular Surgery 2004 40, 345-350DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2004.03.048)
Fig 2 Relative messenger RNA expression calibrated to normal vein. Results are expressed as relative interleukin-1β or interleukin-10 mRNA expression after normalization to 18S ribosomal RNA, to minimize variability from RNA quality and RT efficiency, and finally calibrated to unmanipulated jugular vein. With arterialization, vein wall interleukin-1β exhibits rapid induction that is higher in the low shear stress setting. On the other hand, interleukin-10 exhibits relatively delayed upregulation, most notably by high wall shear stress at 14 days. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2004 40, 345-350DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2004.03.048)
Fig 3 Interleukin-1β localized to developing neointima 3 days after vein graft placement. Unmanipulated control vein demonstrates negative staining. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2004 40, 345-350DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2004.03.048)