..., and in association with areas of elastin fragmentation and aortic dissection. Compared with controls, AAA was associated with a relative percent depletion of Lyve-1 + resident aortic macrophages and accumulation of Lyve-1 − macrophages. Using CD45.1/CD45.2 parabiosis, we demonstrated aortic macrophage recruitment...

...-regulated in human aneurysmal aortas, and to assess a possible association with AngII (angiotensin II)-induced aneurysm formation. The presence of EMMPRIN was assessed in 41 surgical specimens from patients with a TAA (thoracic aortic aneurysm) (Type A aortic dissection, n =12; Type B aortic dissection, n...