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Lisa A. Cassis is affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States. Their research primarily covers medicine with significant contributions in subfields such as pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, molecular biology, genetics, and surgery.

The scientist's work extensively addresses topics including aortic aneurysm repair treatments, aortic disease and treatment approaches, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, connective tissue disorders research, cardiovascular disease and adiposity, stress responses and cortisol, and hormonal regulation and hypertension.

Recent papers by Lisa A. Cassis demonstrate a focus on vascular biology and aortic disease. Notable publications include:

  • Single-Cell Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Dynamic Cell Populations and Differential Gene Expression Patterns in Control and Aneurysmal Human Aortic Tissue, 2020, Circulation
  • Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections Series, 2020, Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • Twenty Years of Studying AngII (Angiotensin II)-Induced Abdominal Aortic Pathologies in Mice: Continuing Questions and Challenges to Provide Insight Into the Human Disease, 2022, Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • Single-Cell Analysis of Aneurysmal Aortic Tissue in Patients with Marfan Syndrome Reveals Dysfunctional TGF-β Signaling, 2021, Genes
  • Aortic Stress Activates an Adaptive Program in Thoracic Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells That Maintains Aortic Strength and Protects Against Aneurysm and Dissection in Mice, 2022, Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology

Lisa A. Cassis frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Alan Daugherty
  • Hong Lü
  • Ying H. Shen
  • Scott A. LeMaire
  • Yanming Li

The scientist's research is regularly published in established venues such as:

  • Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • Circulation
  • Hypertension
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Best Publications

  • Angiotensin II promotes atherosclerotic lesions and aneurysms in apolipoprotein E–deficient mice

    Alan Daugherty;Michael W. Manning;Lisa A. Cassis

  • Mouse Models of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

    Alan Daugherty;Lisa A. Cassis

  • Aortic Dissection Precedes Formation of Aneurysms and Atherosclerosis in Angiotensin II-Infused, Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice

    Kiran Saraff;Fjoralba Babamusta;Lisa A. Cassis;Alan Daugherty

  • Osteopontin Mediates Obesity-Induced Adipose Tissue Macrophage Infiltration and Insulin Resistance in Mice

    Takashi Nomiyama;Diego Perez-Tilve;Daisuke Ogawa;Florence Gizard

  • XX sex chromosome complement promotes atherosclerosis in mice.

    Yasir AlSiraj;Xuqi Chen;Sean E. Thatcher;Ryan E. Temel

  • Activation of the systemic and adipose renin-angiotensin system in rats with diet-induced obesity and hypertension

    Carine M Boustany;Kalyani Bharadwaj;Alan Daugherty;David R Brown

  • Influence of Perivascular Adipose Tissue on Rat Aortic Smooth Muscle Responsiveness

    Edward E. Soltis;Lisa A. Cassis

  • Polychlorinated Biphenyl-77 Induces Adipocyte Differentiation and Proinflammatory Adipokines and Promotes Obesity and Atherosclerosis

    Violeta Arsenescu;Razvan I. Arsenescu;Victoria King;Hollie I. Swanson

  • Differential Effects of Doxycycline, a Broad-Spectrum Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitor, on Angiotensin II-Induced Atherosclerosis and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

    Michael W. Manning;Lisa A. Cassis;Alan Daugherty

  • Antagonism of AT2 receptors augments angiotensin II-induced abdominal aortic aneurysms and atherosclerosis.

    Alan Daugherty;Michael W Manning;Lisa A Cassis

  • The renin-angiotensin system: a target of and contributor to dyslipidemias, altered glucose homeostasis, and hypertension of the metabolic syndrome

    Kelly Putnam;Robin Shoemaker;Frederique Yiannikouris;Lisa A. Cassis

  • Hypercholesterolemia Stimulates Angiotensin Peptide Synthesis and Contributes to Atherosclerosis Through the AT1A Receptor

    Alan Daugherty;Debra L. Rateri;Hong Lu;Tadashi Inagami

  • Obesity Promotes Inflammation in Periaortic Adipose Tissue and Angiotensin II-Induced Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Formation

    Sean E. Thatcher;Richard Charnigo;Alan Daugherty

  • Sex Hormones and Sex Chromosomes Cause Sex Differences in the Development of Cardiovascular Diseases.

    Arthur P. Arnold;Lisa A. Cassis;Mansoureh Eghbali;Karen Reue

  • ACE2 is expressed in mouse adipocytes and regulated by a high-fat diet.

    Manisha N Gupte;Carine M Boustany-Kari;Kalyani Bharadwaj

  • Apparatus and method for multiple wavelength of tissue

    Robert A. Lodder;Lisa A. Cassis

  • Local adipose tissue renin-angiotensin system.

    Lisa A. Cassis;Frederique Yiannikouris;Sean E. Thatcher

  • ANG II infusion promotes abdominal aortic aneurysms independent of increased blood pressure in hypercholesterolemic mice.

    Lisa A. Cassis;Manisha Gupte;Sarah Thayer;Xuan Zhang

  • Apparatus and method for multiple wavelength analysis of tissue

    Lodder Robert A;Cassis Lisa A

  • An obligatory role for neurotensin in high-fat-diet-induced obesity

    Jing Li;Jun S. Song;Yekaterina Y. Zaytseva;Yajuan Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan Daugherty
Alan Daugherty University of Kentucky
Scott A. LeMaire
Scott A. LeMaire Baylor College of Medicine
Linda P. Dwoskin
Linda P. Dwoskin University of Kentucky
Andrew J. Morris
Andrew J. Morris University of Kentucky
Joseph S. Coselli
Joseph S. Coselli Baylor College of Medicine
Rosanne M. Crooke
Rosanne M. Crooke Ionis Pharmaceuticals (United States)
Kevin R. Lynch
Kevin R. Lynch University of Virginia
Nancy R. Webb
Nancy R. Webb University of Kentucky
Arthur P. Arnold
Arthur P. Arnold University of California, Los Angeles
Michael T. Bardo
Michael T. Bardo University of Kentucky

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