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Influenza Infection Promotes Macrophage Traffic Into Arteries of Mice That Is Prevented by D-4F, an Apolipoprotein A-I Mimetic Peptide

Brian J. Van Lenten, PhD; Alan C. Wagner, BS; G.M. Anantharamaiah, PhD; David W. Garber, PhD; Michael C. Fishbein, MD; Lopa Adhikary, PhD; Debi P. Nayak, PhD; Susan Hama, BS; Mohamad Navab, PhD; Alan M. Fogelman, MD

From the Departments of Medicine (B.J.V.L., A.C.W., S.H., M.N., A.M.F.), Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (M.C.F.), and Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics (D.P.N., L.A.), University of California at Los Angeles, and the Departments of Medicine, Biochemistry, and Molecular Genetics and the Atherosclerosis Research Unit (G.M.A., D.W.G.), University of Alabama, Birmingham.

Correspondence to Brian J. Van Lenten, PhD, Room 47-123 CHS, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, 10833 Le Conte Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1679. E-mail bvanlent{at}mednet.ucla.edu

	Abstract

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Background— We reported that HDL loses its antiinflammatory properties during acute influenza A infection in mice, and we hypothesized that these changes might be associated with increased trafficking of macrophages into the artery wall. The present study tested this hypothesis.

Methods and Results— D-4F, an apolipoprotein A-I mimetic peptide, or vehicle in which it was dissolved (PBS) was administered daily to LDL receptor–null mice after a Western diet and after influenza infection. D-4F treatment increased plasma HDL cholesterol and paraoxonase activity compared with PBS and inhibited increases in LDL cholesterol and peak levels of interleukin-6 after infection. Lung viral titers were reduced by 50% in mice receiving D-4F. Injection of female mice with male macrophages, which were detected with real-time polymerase chain reaction to measure the male Sry gene, revealed a marked increase in macrophage traffic into the aortic arch and innominate arteries after infection that was prevented by administration of D-4F.

Conclusions— We conclude that loss of antiinflammatory properties of HDL after influenza infection in mice is associated with increased arterial macrophage traffic that can be prevented by administration of D-4F.

Key Words: atherosclerosis • infection • lipoproteins • interleukins

	Introduction

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During flu season, hospital admissions increase greatly. Patients are not admitted with influenza infection but are admitted with acute exacerbations of a variety of chronic diseases, including atherosclerosis. Several studies suggest that acute respiratory-tract infections contracted shortly before the onset of an acute myocardial infarction played a role in the clinical event.^1–3

We recently reported that after influenza infection in mice, HDL lost its antiinflammatory properties.⁴ As a result, the ability of HDL to protect against LDL oxidation in vitro was lost. Because the single most important determinant of plaque vulnerability to rupture is the intensity of monocyte/macrophage infiltration into the plaque,^5–8 we hypothesized that alterations in HDL during an acute-phase response might predispose to increased risk for atherosclerotic clinical events by increasing monocyte/macrophage trafficking into arteries.

Patel and coworkers⁹ previously described an in vivo model that demonstrated homing of peritoneal macrophages labeled with fluorescent microspheres to atherosclerotic plaques. Kim et al¹⁰ recently developed a highly sensitive method based on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to quantitatively track DNA-marked monocytes in mice. In the present study, using a combination of the techniques of Patel et al⁹ and Kim et al,¹⁰ we observed that during influenza infection in LDL receptor–null mice after a Western diet, there was a dramatic increase in macrophage infiltration into the aortic arch and innominate artery that was prevented by daily injection of an apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) mimetic peptide, D-4F.¹¹

	Methods

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Mice
Mice used in these studies were 8 to 10 weeks old (Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine). Female LDL receptor–null mice on a C57BL/6J background were maintained on a Western diet (Teklad; diet No. 88137) containing 0.15% cholesterol to induce fatty streak formation. After 2 weeks, animals were switched to Purina chow diet (Ralston Purina Co). Mice were fasted for 16 hours before being bled as described,⁴ and core body temperatures were monitored (Vicks Comfort-Flex Digital Thermometer; Proctor & Gamble Co).

Influenza Inoculation
Mice were inoculated nasally with influenza virus strain A/WSN/33 as previously described.⁴

Lipoproteins, Cocultures, Monocyte Chemotaxis
Lipoproteins,¹² cocultures,¹³ and monocytes¹⁴ were prepared and monocyte chemotaxis assays were performed as described.⁴

Preparation of T Cells
Jurkat clone E6-1 cells were obtained from ATCC and maintained in RPMI 1640 medium with 2 mmol/L L-glutamine adjusted to contain 1.5 g/L sodium bicarbonate, 4.5 g/L glucose, 10 mmol/L HEPES, and 1.0 mmol/L sodium pyruvate, plus 10% FBS. Cells were activated for 6 hours by addition of Phaseolus vulgaris leukophytohemagglutinin (1 µg/mL; Sigma) and phorbol myristate acetate (5 ng/mL; Sigma). Cells were washed 3 times in PBS, fixed with 1% paraformaldehyde for 2 hours at 4°C, and again washed 3 times before use.

Synthesis and Administration of ApoA-I Mimetic Peptide
In preliminary studies, we found that injection of human apoA-I prevented macrophage trafficking into the arteries of mice much less than did injection of an apoA-I mimetic peptide, D-4F. D-4F was synthesized as described.^11,15 Mice were injected intraperitoneally with 20 µg of D-4F in 200 µL PBS or PBS alone daily, or PBS with 50 µg serum albumin. No difference was seen with PBS alone or PBS plus serum albumin. A peptide containing the same number of D-amino acids as in D-4F but in a scrambled sequence did not bind lipids and was used as a control in some in vitro studies.

Histological Analysis
At the time the mice were euthanized, lungs were perfused with 10% buffered formalin through the trachea. Microscopic analysis of complete sections of entire lungs revealed 3 different patterns of inflammation: perivascular chronic inflammatory cell infiltrates; acute pneumonia (infiltrates of neutrophils) in alveolar spaces; and lymphoid hyperplasia, circumscribed interstitial aggregates of lymphoid cells. Each of these 3 patterns was graded as to severity by a blinded observer.

Macrophage Preparation
Peritoneal macrophages were prepared as described by Patel et al.⁹ Forty-eight hours before euthanasia, female LDL receptor–null mice were injected with 10x10⁶ peritoneal macrophages from male donors in a volume of 200 µL saline via tail vein. After euthanasia, the mice were exsanguinated, the heart was perfused, and the aortic arch including the innominate artery was dissected and removed. Tissue DNA was extracted with a Qiagen DNeasy Tissue Kit (Qiagen).

Real-Time PCR to Quantitatively Track DNA-Marked Macrophages
DNA was quantified by real-time PCR on an ABI Prism 7700 Sequence Detector (Taqman, Perkin-Elmer Applied Biosystems) according to Kim et al.¹⁰ Sense and antisense primers used to amplify the Sry gene and the fluorescent probe were identical to those reported by Kim et al.¹⁰ As an external standard, ß-globin was coamplified with a sense primer corresponding to nucleotides 2998 to 3019 (5'-CATGGGTAATGCCAAAGTGAAG-3') and an antisense primer corresponding to nucleotides 3051 to 3070 (5'-CAAGTGATTCAGGCCATCGT-3'). The probe for ß-globin corresponded to nucleotides 3021 to 3046 (5'-CCCATGGCAAGAAGT- GATAACTGCC-3'). The quantity of male DNA in recipient female aortic arch and innominate artery was calculated and normalized to the amount of ß-globin. To evaluate the effects of cytokines on arterial macrophage trafficking, 200 ng each of mouse recombinant tumor necrosis factor- and interleukin (IL)-6 (Biosource) was injected intraperitoneally in a total volume of 0.5 mL saline containing 1% BSA 30 minutes after injection of macrophages.

Other Procedures
Paraoxonase activity was measured as previously described.¹⁶ Plaque assays were used to determine lung viral titers.¹⁷ IL-6, IL-10, and granulocyte-macrophage colony–stimulating factor (GM-CSF) were measured with ELISA kits (Biosource). Lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations were determined with a Cholesterol-20 kit (Sigma). Ouchterlony and Dot Blot analyses were used for detection of plasma IgG and IgM antibodies to D-4F. Statistical significance was determined with model I ANOVA, and significance was defined as a value of P<0.05.

	Results

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D-4F Treatment Inhibits the Inflammatory Response of the Lung to Influenza Infection, Maintains Body Temperature, and Improves Sickness Behavior
All 3 major classes of lung inflammation were more severe in control mice (Figure 1). Only control mice, not D-4F–treated mice, demonstrated lymphoid hyperplasia (Figure 1C). In contrast to humans, core body temperature falls after influenza infection in mice of most strains.^18–20 In control mice, core body temperatures fell 2 days after influenza infection. In mice treated with D-4F, however, there was no significant change in core body temperatures over the course of the experiment (data not shown). Consistent with the fall in core body temperature, control mice remained huddled together after influenza infection, whereas mice that received D-4F did not (data not shown).

View larger version (19K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. D-4F treatment reduces influenza-induced lung inflammation. Forty-nine mice were divided into 7 groups of 7 mice each and inoculated intranasally with 105 PFU of influenza A strain WSN/33. After indicated number of days, mice were euthanized and lungs removed for histological analysis as described in Methods. Solid bars represent data for mice that received vehicle, PBS; open bars, mice that received D-4F. *P<0.05.

D-4F Treatment Suppresses the Cytokine Response to Influenza Infection
In mice treated with D-4F, peak IL-6 levels in lungs 7 days after inoculation were half those of control mice (Figure 2A). D-4F treatment suppressed plasma IL-6 concentrations at all time points measured (Figure 2B). Neither IgG nor IgM antibodies to D-4F were detected (data not shown).

View larger version (24K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 2. D-4F treatment inhibits increase in IL-6 levels in lung lysates and plasma after influenza infection. Forty-nine mice were divided into 7 groups of 7 mice each and inoculated intranasally with 105 PFU of influenza A strain WSN/33. After indicated number of days, concentrations of IL-6 in lung lysates (A) and plasma (B) were determined by ELISA as described in Methods. Solid bars represent data for control mice that received vehicle, PBS; open bars, mice that received D-4F. Results are mean±SD and are representative of 3 separate experiments. *P<0.05.

D-4F Treatment Alters LDL and HDL During Influenza Infection
The acute-phase response includes alterations of plasma lipoproteins.^21,22 D-4F treatment significantly inhibited the increase in LDL cholesterol observed 9 days after inoculation (Figure 3, left). HDL cholesterol (Figure 3, right) dropped in control mice after influenza infection, reaching a nadir 7 days after inoculation before returning toward baseline at 9 days. Treatment of mice with D-4F resulted in an increase in HDL cholesterol above preinfection levels at all time points. The alteration in paraoxonase activity observed during influenza infection followed a pattern similar to that for HDL cholesterol (Figure 4). Monocyte chemotactic activity induced by LDL in a human artery wall cell coculture was inhibited if cells were coincubated with HDL isolated from mice before influenza infection (Figure 5, day 0). By 2 days after inoculation, however, HDL from control mice significantly enhanced the LDL-induced monocyte chemotactic activity. In contrast, if mice were treated with D-4F, HDL remained nearly as effective as HDL from mice not exposed to influenza in suppressing LDL-induced monocyte chemotactic activity.

View larger version (26K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 3. D-4F treatment inhibits increase in plasma LDL cholesterol and increases HDL cholesterol after influenza infection. Forty-nine mice were divided into 7 groups of 7 mice each and inoculated intranasally with 105 PFU of influenza A strain WSN/33. After indicated number of days, concentrations of plasma LDL cholesterol and HDL cholesterol were determined as described in Methods. Solid bars represent data for control mice that received vehicle, PBS; open bars, mice that received D-4F. Results are mean±SD and are representative of 2 separate experiments. *P<0.05.

View larger version (19K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 4. D-4F treatment increases paraoxonase (PON) activity in HDL after influenza infection. Forty-nine mice were divided into 7 groups of 7 mice each and inoculated intranasally with 105 PFU of influenza A strain WSN/33. After indicated number of days, HDL was isolated and PON activity determined as described in Methods. Solid bars represent data for control mice that received vehicle, PBS; open bars, mice that received D-4F. Results are mean±SD and are representative of 2 separate experiments. *P<0.05.

View larger version (19K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 5. D-4F treatment prevents HDL from becoming proinflammatory after influenza infection. Forty-nine mice were divided into 7 groups of 7 mice each and inoculated intranasally with 105 PFU of influenza A strain WSN/33. After indicated number of days, HDL was isolated as described in Methods. Artery wall cocultures were incubated in absence of additions (no additions, N/A, hatched bar) or were incubated with 250 µg/mL human LDL in absence (LDL alone, hatched bar) or presence of 350 µg/mL mouse HDL for 18 hours. Line on x axis, LDL+HDL, represents cultures receiving both LDL and HDL, and numbers on x axis above this line represent day after inoculation on which HDL was collected. Supernatants were collected, cocultures were subsequently washed, and fresh culture medium 199 (M199) without any additions was added for an additional 8 hours. At end of incubation, supernatants were collected from cocultures, diluted 40-fold, and assayed for monocyte chemotactic activity as described in Methods. Solid bars represent data for control mice that received vehicle, PBS; open bars, mice that received D-4F. Values shown are mean±SD of number of monocytes in 36 fields in 12 cocultures for each treatment. *P<0.05 between PBS treatment and D-4F treatment. Results shown are representative of 3 separate experiments.

D-4F Inhibits Influenza-Induced Macrophage Trafficking Into the Aortic Arch and Innominate Arteries of Mice
Female mice were injected with male macrophages, and the uniquely male gene Sry was used to measure the arterial association of Sry DNA as an indicator of macrophage recruitment into the artery wall.¹⁰ As demonstrated in Figure 6A, and as Patel et al⁹ had shown previously, macrophages were very effective in homing to arteries of hypercholesterolemic mice. Compared with C57BL/6J mice on a chow diet, LDL receptor–null mice on a Western diet showed a 3-fold increase in macrophage recruitment into the aortic arch and innominate artery. Consistent with the findings of Kim et al,¹⁰ injection of tumor necrosis factor- and IL-6 at 30 minutes after the injection of donor macrophages resulted in a 25-fold increase in macrophage recruitment into the aortic arch and innominate arteries (Figure 6A). Figure 6B demonstrates that influenza infection in control mice resulted in a marked and progressive increase in Sry DNA in the aortic arch and innominate arteries (left), which was not seen in mice treated with D-4F (right).

View larger version (20K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 6. A, Effect of cytokines on macrophage trafficking. Forty-eight hours before euthanasia, 5 female C57BL/6J mice on a chow diet (BL/6 CHOW), 5 female LDL receptor–null mice on a Western diet (LDL-R -/- WEST), and 5 female LDL receptor–null mice on a Western diet injected with cytokines (LDL-R -/- WEST + CYT) were infused via tail vein with 10x106 macrophages from male donors. At euthanasia, heart was perfused, aortic arch and innominate artery were removed by dissection, and contents of Sry DNA were determined as described in Methods. B, D-4F treatment prevents influenza-induced macrophage trafficking into aortic arch and innominate arteries of mice. Forty-nine mice were divided into 7 groups of 7 mice each and inoculated intranasally with 105 PFU of influenza A strain WSN/33. Forty-eight hours before indicated number of days, female mice were infused via tail vein with 10x106 macrophages from male donors. On indicated day, mice were euthanized, hearts perfused, aortic arch and innominate artery removed by dissection, and contents of Sry DNA determined as described in Methods. Solid bars represent data for control mice that received vehicle, PBS; open bars, mice that received D-4F. Results are mean±SD and are representative of 2 separate experiments. *P<0.05.

D-4F Has Antiviral Activity
Based on previous studies in vitro,^23,24 we measured viral titers in lungs from PBS- or D-4F–treated mice before and at 2, 3, 5, 7, and 9 days after inoculation (Figure 7). As had been seen previously in wild-type C57BL/6J mice on a chow diet,⁴ peak viral titers were achieved 3 days after inoculation and then decreased, returning toward baseline by 9 days. In mice treated with D-4F, viral titers were reduced by >50% compared with controls at all time points.

View larger version (15K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 7. D-4F treatment reduces viral titers in lungs after influenza infection. Forty-eight mice were divided into 6 groups of 8 mice each and inoculated intranasally with 105 PFU of influenza A strain WSN/33. After indicated number of days, each group was euthanized, and viral titers in lung tissue were determined by plaque assay. Solid bars represent data for control mice that received vehicle, PBS; open bars, mice that received D-4F. Results are mean±SD and are representative of 2 separate experiments. *P<0.05.

D-4F Alters the Contact-Mediated Activation of Monocytes by T Cells
IL-6 is a proinflammatory cytokine and is strongly induced in monocytes after direct contact with stimulated T lymphocytes. IL-10 is a potent inhibitor of monocyte/macrophage function, suppressing production of many proinflammatory cytokines.²⁵ Hyka and colleagues²⁶ reported that human serum contained an inhibitory activity for the contact-mediated activation of monocytes by stimulated T cells. This inhibitory activity was found to be caused by apoA-I. To determine whether D-4F might be acting similarly to apoA-I, freshly isolated human monocytes were incubated for 48 hours with activated T cells in the absence or presence of increasing concentrations of D-4F, and the release of IL-6 and IL-10 into the medium was measured (Figure 8). As shown in Figure 8A, direct contact of monocytes with activated T cells resulted in a marked increase in IL-6 released into the tissue culture medium, which was inhibited in the presence of D-4F. In contrast, D-4F had a stimulatory effect on IL-10 release under the same conditions (Figure 8B). Sugiyama and coworkers²⁷ demonstrated that GM-CSF is a potent endogenous mediator during monocyte/macrophage activation and differentiation. Figure 8C shows that D-4F, in addition to inhibiting IL-6 release, was shown to inhibit the contact-mediated release by monocytes of GM-CSF. No inhibition was observed when a scrambled peptide to D-4F was used at the same concentration (Figure 8C).

View larger version (22K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 8. D-4F alters contact-mediated activation of monocytes by T cells in vitro. T cells were activated and fixed as described in Methods. At end of this time, T cells (T) were incubated with freshly isolated human monocyte/macrophages (MO) in presence of indicated additions at a cellular ratio of 8 fixed T cells per monocyte (T/MO). Media were collected after 48 hours and centrifuged to precipitate cellular debris, and contents of IL-6 (A), IL-10 (B), and GM-CSF (C) were measured by ELISA. A and B, Solid bars represent addition of D-4F at indicated concentrations. C, Checkered bars, addition of D-4F; solid bars, addition of a peptide containing same number of D-amino acids as in D-4F but in a scrambled sequence that results in a peptide that does not bind lipids (scD-4F). Results are mean±SD. *P<0.05.

	Discussion

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Our results demonstrate for the first time that in mice, influenza infection can lead to a marked increase in arterial macrophage trafficking. Based on previous work by Kim et al,¹⁰ we chose to use the highly sensitive technique of real-time PCR for these studies, coupled with the technique for studying macrophage homing to the artery wall described by Patel et al.⁹ Our results indicate that this combination of techniques is highly effective for studying arterial macrophage trafficking (Figure 6). If the observations in this study hold true for humans as they do for mice after influenza infection, our data might provide an explanation for increases in heart attack and stroke after influenza infection. Gurfinkel et al²⁸ recently suggested that influenza vaccination might reduce the risk of death and ischemic events in patients suffering from infarction and those recovering from angioplasty during flu season. D-4F had antiviral activity in vivo (Figure 7), as was observed in vitro with other apoA-I mimetic peptides,²⁴ and also resulted in a cytokine profile in vitro that would be predicted to reduce macrophage activation in vivo^27,29 (Figure 8). These results demonstrate that D-4F may be acting through multiple pathways. Taken together with previous reports,^{4,11,15,22–24} our results suggest that apoA-I and apoA-I mimetic peptides such as D-4F are potent antiinflammatory agents that may have therapeutic potential.

	Acknowledgments

 
This work was supported in part by US Public Health Service grants HL-30568 and HL-34343 and the Laubisch, Castera, and M.K. Gray Funds at UCLA.

	Footnotes

 
This article originally appeared Online on August 5, 2002 (Circulation. 2002;106:r35-r40.)

Dr Anantharamaiah, Susan Hama, Dr Navab, and Dr Fogelman are principals in Bruin Pharma, a start-up biotech company.

Received June 14, 2002; revision received July 8, 2002; accepted July 8, 2002.

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				G. M. Buga, J. S. Frank, G. A. Mottino, M. Hendizadeh, A. Hakhamian, J. H. Tillisch, S. T. Reddy, M. Navab, G. M. Anantharamaiah, L. J. Ignarro, et al. D-4F decreases brain arteriole inflammation and improves cognitive performance in LDL receptor-null mice on a Western diet J. Lipid Res., October 1, 2006; 47(10): 2148 - 2160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				M. Navab, G.M. Anantharamaiah, and A. M. Fogelman An Apolipoprotein A-I Mimetic Works Best in the Presence of Apolipoprotein A-I Circ. Res., November 25, 2005; 97(11): 1085 - 1086. [Full Text] [PDF]

				M. Navab, G.M. Anantharamaiah, S. T. Reddy, B. J. Van Lenten, A. C. Wagner, S. Hama, G. Hough, E. Bachini, D. W. Garber, V. K. Mishra, et al. An Oral ApoJ Peptide Renders HDL Antiinflammatory in Mice and Monkeys and Dramatically Reduces Atherosclerosis in Apolipoprotein E-Null Mice Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol., September 1, 2005; 25(9): 1932 - 1937. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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				A. Margeli, K. Skenderi, M. Tsironi, E. Hantzi, A.-L. Matalas, C. Vrettou, E. Kanavakis, G. Chrousos, and I. Papassotiriou Dramatic Elevations of Interleukin-6 and Acute-Phase Reactants in Athletes Participating in the Ultradistance Foot Race Spartathlon: Severe Systemic Inflammation and Lipid and Lipoprotein Changes in Protracted Exercise J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., July 1, 2005; 90(7): 3914 - 3918. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				M. Navab, G.M. Anantharamaiah, S. Hama, G. Hough, S. T. Reddy, J. S. Frank, D. W. Garber, S. Handattu, and A. M. Fogelman D-4F and Statins Synergize to Render HDL Antiinflammatory in Mice and Monkeys and Cause Lesion Regression in Old Apolipoprotein E-Null Mice Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol., July 1, 2005; 25(7): 1426 - 1432. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				B. J. Van Lenten, A. C. Wagner, M. Navab, G.M. Anantharamaiah, E. K.-W. Hui, D. P. Nayak, and A. M. Fogelman D-4F, an Apolipoprotein A-I Mimetic Peptide, Inhibits the Inflammatory Response Induced by Influenza A Infection of Human Type II Pneumocytes Circulation, November 16, 2004; 110(20): 3252 - 3258. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				P. J. Barter, S. Nicholls, K.-A. Rye, G.M. Anantharamaiah, M. Navab, and A. M. Fogelman Antiinflammatory Properties of HDL Circ. Res., October 15, 2004; 95(8): 764 - 772. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				X. Li, K.-Y. Chyu, J. R. F. Neto, J. Yano, N. Nathwani, C. Ferreira, P. C. Dimayuga, B. Cercek, S. Kaul, and P. K. Shah Differential Effects of Apolipoprotein A-I-Mimetic Peptide on Evolving and Established Atherosclerosis in Apolipoprotein E-Null Mice Circulation, September 21, 2004; 110(12): 1701 - 1705. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				A. V. Bocharov, I. N. Baranova, T. G. Vishnyakova, A. T. Remaley, G. Csako, F. Thomas, A. P. Patterson, and T. L. Eggerman Targeting of Scavenger Receptor Class B Type I by Synthetic Amphipathic {alpha}-Helical-containing Peptides Blocks Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) Uptake and LPS-induced Pro-inflammatory Cytokine Responses in THP-1 Monocyte Cells J. Biol. Chem., August 20, 2004; 279(34): 36072 - 36082. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				M. Navab, G.M. Anantharamaiah, S. T. Reddy, S. Hama, G. Hough, V. R. Grijalva, A. C. Wagner, J. S. Frank, G. Datta, D. Garber, et al. Oral D-4F Causes Formation of Pre-{beta} High-Density Lipoprotein and Improves High-Density Lipoprotein-Mediated Cholesterol Efflux and Reverse Cholesterol Transport From Macrophages in Apolipoprotein E-Null Mice Circulation, June 29, 2004; 109(25): 3215 - 3220. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				G. Datta, R. F. Epand, R. M. Epand, M. Chaddha, M. A. Kirksey, D. W. Garber, S. Lund-Katz, M. C. Phillips, S. Hama, M. Navab, et al. Aromatic Residue Position on the Nonpolar Face of Class A Amphipathic Helical Peptides Determines Biological Activity J. Biol. Chem., June 18, 2004; 279(25): 26509 - 26517. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				M. Navab, G. M. Ananthramaiah, S. T. Reddy, B. J. Van Lenten, B. J. Ansell, G. C. Fonarow, K. Vahabzadeh, S. Hama, G. Hough, N. Kamranpour, et al. Thematic review series: The Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis The oxidation hypothesis of atherogenesis: the role of oxidized phospholipids and HDL J. Lipid Res., June 1, 2004; 45(6): 993 - 1007. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				M. Madjid, M. Naghavi, S. Litovsky, and S. W. Casscells Influenza and Cardiovascular Disease: A New Opportunity for Prevention and the Need for Further Studies Circulation, December 2, 2003; 108(22): 2730 - 2736. [Full Text] [PDF]

				B. J. Ansell, M. Navab, S. Hama, N. Kamranpour, G. Fonarow, G. Hough, S. Rahmani, R. Mottahedeh, R. Dave, S. T. Reddy, et al. Inflammatory/Antiinflammatory Properties of High-Density Lipoprotein Distinguish Patients From Control Subjects Better Than High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels and Are Favorably Affected by Simvastatin Treatment Circulation, December 2, 2003; 108(22): 2751 - 2756. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				M. Navab, S. Hama, G. Hough, and A. M. Fogelman Oral Synthetic Phospholipid (DMPC) Raises High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels, Improves High-Density Lipoprotein Function, and Markedly Reduces Atherosclerosis in Apolipoprotein E-Null Mice Circulation, October 7, 2003; 108(14): 1735 - 1739. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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				J. Ou, Z. Ou, D. W. Jones, S. Holzhauer, O. A. Hatoum, A. W. Ackerman, D. W. Weihrauch, D. D. Gutterman, K. Guice, K. T. Oldham, et al. L-4F, an Apolipoprotein A-1 Mimetic, Dramatically Improves Vasodilation in Hypercholesterolemia and Sickle Cell Disease Circulation, May 13, 2003; 107(18): 2337 - 2341. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]