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Media sclerosis drives and localizes atherosclerosis in peripheral arteries.

ABSTRACT: Media sclerosis (MS) and peripheral artery disease (PAD) may coincide, particularly in type 2 diabetics (T2D) and in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). In contrast to non-diabetics, in T2D PAD is more severe and more distal. Although MS is suspected to play a role, the underlying pathophysiological reasons for the differences still remain elusive today. We tested the hypothesis that MS is a promoter of atherosclerosis as it occurs in T2D with PAD by interfering with arterial remodeling using an in-silico simulation. We confirmed that MS aggravates PAD by promoting negative remodeling. We found that the effect is more pronounced in smaller distal arteries compared to larger proximal ones. Our results suggest that the degree of this divergence depends on the ratio between the thickness of the intima relative to the thickness of the media/adventitia of the individually affected arteries.

SUBMITTER: Fok PW

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6203409 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Media sclerosis drives and localizes atherosclerosis in peripheral arteries.

Fok Pak-Wing PW Lanzer Peter P

PloS one 20181026 10

Media sclerosis (MS) and peripheral artery disease (PAD) may coincide, particularly in type 2 diabetics (T2D) and in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). In contrast to non-diabetics, in T2D PAD is more severe and more distal. Although MS is suspected to play a role, the underlying pathophysiological reasons for the differences still remain elusive today. We tested the hypothesis that MS is a promoter of atherosclerosis as it occurs in T2D with PAD by interfering with arterial remodeling ...[more]

PMID: 30365531

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