Pentagalloyl Glucose (PGG) Partially Prevents Arterial Mechanical Changes Due to Elastin Degradation

[1] Brownstein AJ(2017)Genes associated with thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection: An update and clinical implications Aorta (Stamford) 5 11-20

[2] Ziganshin BA(2010)2010 ACCF/AHA/AATS/ACR/ASA/SCA/SCAI/SIR/STS/SVM guidelines for the diagnosis and management of patients with Thoracic Aortic Disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American College of Radiology, American Stroke Association, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Interventio

[3] Kuivaniemi H(2007)Loss of elastic fiber integrity and reduction of vascular smooth muscle contraction resulting from the upregulated activities of matrix metalloproteinase-2 and – 9 in the thoracic aortic aneurysm in Marfan syndrome Circ Res 101 512-522

[4] Body SC(2016)Matrix ageing and vascular impacts: focus on elastin fragmentation Cardiovasc Res 110 298-308

[5] Bale AE(2018)From genetics to response to injury: vascular smooth muscle cells in aneurysms and dissections of the ascending aorta Cardiovasc Res 114 578-589

[6] Elefteriades JA(2004)Internal elastic lamina affects the distribution of macromolecules in the arterial wall: a computational study Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287 H905-H913

[7] Hiratzka LF(2006)Structural requirements for stabilization of vascular elastin by polyphenolic tannins Biomaterials 27 3645-3651

[8] Bakris GL(2007)Elastin stabilization for treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms Circulation 115 1729-1737

[9] Beckman JA(2016)Inhibition of early AAA formation by aortic intraluminal pentagalloyl glucose (PGG) infusion in a novel porcine AAA model Ann Med Surg (Lond) 7 65-70

[10] Bersin RM(2009)Polyphenol-stabilized tubular elastin scaffolds for tissue engineered vascular grafts Tissue Eng Part A 15 2837-2851

[1] Brownstein AJ(2017)Genes associated with thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection: An update and clinical implications Aorta (Stamford) 5 11-20

[2] Ziganshin BA(2010)2010 ACCF/AHA/AATS/ACR/ASA/SCA/SCAI/SIR/STS/SVM guidelines for the diagnosis and management of patients with Thoracic Aortic Disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American College of Radiology, American Stroke Association, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Interventio

[3] Kuivaniemi H(2007)Loss of elastic fiber integrity and reduction of vascular smooth muscle contraction resulting from the upregulated activities of matrix metalloproteinase-2 and – 9 in the thoracic aortic aneurysm in Marfan syndrome Circ Res 101 512-522

[4] Body SC(2016)Matrix ageing and vascular impacts: focus on elastin fragmentation Cardiovasc Res 110 298-308

[5] Bale AE(2018)From genetics to response to injury: vascular smooth muscle cells in aneurysms and dissections of the ascending aorta Cardiovasc Res 114 578-589

[6] Elefteriades JA(2004)Internal elastic lamina affects the distribution of macromolecules in the arterial wall: a computational study Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287 H905-H913

[7] Hiratzka LF(2006)Structural requirements for stabilization of vascular elastin by polyphenolic tannins Biomaterials 27 3645-3651

[8] Bakris GL(2007)Elastin stabilization for treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms Circulation 115 1729-1737

[9] Beckman JA(2016)Inhibition of early AAA formation by aortic intraluminal pentagalloyl glucose (PGG) infusion in a novel porcine AAA model Ann Med Surg (Lond) 7 65-70

[10] Bersin RM(2009)Polyphenol-stabilized tubular elastin scaffolds for tissue engineered vascular grafts Tissue Eng Part A 15 2837-2851