Kevin R Rarick, Keguo Li, Ru-Jeng Teng, Xigang Jing, Dustin P Martin, Hao Xu, Deron W Jones, Neil Hogg, Cheryl A Hillery, Guilherme Garcia, Billy W Day, Stephen Naylor, Kirkwood A Pritchard
Murine sickle cell disease (SCD) results in damage to multiple organs, likely mediated first by vasculopathy. While the mechanisms inducing vascular damage remain to be determined, nitric oxide bioavailability and sterile inflammation are both considered to play major roles in vasculopathy. Here, we investigate the effects of high mobility group box-1 (HMGB1), a pro-inflammatory damage-associated molecular pattern (DAMP) molecule on endothelial-dependent vasodilation and lung morphometrics, a structural index of damage in sickle (SS) mice...
February 7, 2024: Free Radical Biology & Medicine