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SUBMITTER: He Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10142855 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
He Yong Y Anderson Blake B Hu Qiongyao Q Hayes R B RB Huff Kenji K Isaacson Jim J Warner Kevin S KS Hauser Hank H Greenberg Myles M Chandra Venita V Kauser Katalin K Berceli Scott A SA
International journal of molecular sciences 20230420 8
Rates of arteriovenous fistula maturation failure are still high, especially when suboptimal size veins are used. During successful maturation, the vein undergoes lumen dilatation and medial thickening, adapting to the increased hemodynamic forces. The vascular extracellular matrix plays an important role in regulating these adaptive changes and may be a target for promoting fistula maturation. In this study, we tested whether a device-enabled photochemical treatment of the vein prior to fistula ...[more]