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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Distinguished Fellowship Award, American College of Cardiology (ACC)
  • 2003 - Gifted Teacher Award, American College of Cardiology (ACC)

Overview

Prediman K. Shah is affiliated with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily contributes to the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a notable focus on Immunology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine as key subfields.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
  • Ovarian function and disorders
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

Shah has published extensively, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • Circulation
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • JACC Basic to Translational Science

Their recent papers include:

  • "Intramyocardial Hemorrhage and the 'Wave Front' of Reperfusion Injury Compromising Myocardial Salvage," 2022, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "Increased phagocytosis in the presence of enhanced M2-like macrophage responses correlates with increased primary and latent HSV-1 infection," 2020, PLoS Pathogens
  • "Sex-Specific Effects of the Nlrp3 Inflammasome on Atherogenesis in LDL Receptor-Deficient Mice," 2020, JACC Basic to Translational Science
  • "Parallels between retinal and brain pathology and response to immunotherapy in old, late-stage Alzheimer's disease mouse models," 2020, Aging Cell
  • "Immunization using ApoB-100 peptide-linked nanoparticles reduces atherosclerosis," 2022, JCI Insight

Shah frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Kuang-Yuh Chyu
  • Paul C. Dimayuga
  • Xiaoning Zhao
  • Jianchang Zhou
  • Bojan Cercek

The scientist has received recognition in their field through awards such as the Distinguished Fellowship Award from the American College of Cardiology in 2012 and the Gifted Teacher Award from the American College of Cardiology in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Coronary Plaque Disruption

    Erling Falk;Prediman K. Shah;Valentin Fuster

  • From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient: a call for new definitions and risk assessment strategies: Part II.

    Morteza Naghavi;Peter Libby;Erling Falk;S. Ward Casscells;S. Ward Casscells

  • Effects of Dalcetrapib in Patients with a Recent Acute Coronary Syndrome

    Gregory G. Schwartz;Anders G. Olsson;Markus Abt;Christie M. Ballantyne

  • Pravastatin Treatment Increases Collagen Content and Decreases Lipid Content, Inflammation, Metalloproteinases, and Cell Death in Human Carotid Plaques Implications for Plaque Stabilization

    Milita Crisby;Gunilla Nordin-Fredriksson;Prediman K. Shah;Juliana Yano

  • The VIVA Trial Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Ischemia for Vascular Angiogenesis

    Timothy D. Henry;Brian H. Annex;George R. McKendall;Michael A. Azrin

  • Lack of Toll-like receptor 4 or myeloid differentiation factor 88 reduces atherosclerosis and alters plaque phenotype in mice deficient in apolipoprotein E

    Kathrin S. Michelsen;Michelle H. Wong;Prediman K. Shah;Wenxuan Zhang

  • Human monocyte-derived macrophages induce collagen breakdown in fibrous caps of atherosclerotic plaques. Potential role of matrix-degrading metalloproteinases and implications for plaque rupture.

    P K Shah;E Falk;J J Badimon;A Fernandez-Ortiz

  • Toll-Like Receptor-4 Is Expressed by Macrophages in Murine and Human Lipid-Rich Atherosclerotic Plaques and Upregulated by Oxidized LDL

    Xiaoou Helen Xu;Prediman K. Shah;Emmanuelle Faure;Ozlem Equils

  • From Vulnerable Plaque to Vulnerable Patient—Part III: Executive Summary of the Screening for Heart Attack Prevention and Education (SHAPE) Task Force Report

    Morteza Naghavi;Erling Falk;Harvey S. Hecht;Michael J. Jamieson

  • Efficacy and safety of a microsomal triglyceride transfer protein inhibitor in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: a single-arm, open-label, phase 3 study.

    Marina Cuchel;Emma A. Meagher;Hendrik Du Toit Theron;Dirk J. Blom;Dirk J. Blom

  • Characterization of the relative thrombogenicity of atherosclerotic plaque components: Implications for consequences of plaque rupture☆

    Antonio Fernández-Ortiz;Juan J. Badimon;Erling Falk;Valentín Fuster

  • Mechanisms of plaque vulnerability and rupture.

    Prediman K. Shah

  • Calcification in atherosclerosis: Bone biology and chronic inflammation at the arterial crossroads

    Terence M. Doherty;Kamlesh Asotra;Lorraine A. Fitzpatrick;Jian-Hua Qiao

  • High-dose recombinant apolipoprotein A-I(milano) mobilizes tissue cholesterol and rapidly reduces plaque lipid and macrophage content in apolipoprotein e-deficient mice. Potential implications for acute plaque stabilization.

    Prediman K. Shah;Juliana Yano;Odette Reyes;Kuang-Yuh Chyu

  • Effect of Immunization With Homologous LDL and Oxidized LDL on Early Atherosclerosis in Hypercholesterolemic Rabbits

    Sean Ameli;Anna Hultgårdh-Nilsson;Jan Regnström;Federico Calara

  • Exploiting the Vascular Protective Effects of High-Density Lipoprotein and Its Apolipoproteins An Idea Whose Time for Testing Is Coming, Part I

    Prediman K. Shah;Sanjay Kaul;Jan Nilsson;Bojan Cercek

  • Comparison of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Drug-Eluting Stents for Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease

    Michael S. Lee;Nikhil Kapoor;Faizi Jamal;Lawrence Czer

  • Oxidized low-density lipoprotein regulates matrix metalloproteinase-9 and its tissue inhibitor in human monocyte-derived macrophages.

    Xiao-Ping Xu;Simcha R. Meisel;John M. Ong;Sanjay Kaul

  • Molecular, endocrine, and genetic mechanisms of arterial calcification.

    Terence M. Doherty;Lorraine A. Fitzpatrick;Daisuke Inoue;Jian-Hua Qiao

  • Effect of Vasodilator Therapy on Mortality in Chronic Congestive Heart Failure. Results of a Veterans Administration Cooperative Study

    J. Cohn;D. Archibald;S. Ziesche;J. Franciosa

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Nilsson
Jan Nilsson Lund University
Sanjay Kaul
Sanjay Kaul Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Daniel S. Berman
Daniel S. Berman Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Michael C. Fishbein
Michael C. Fishbein University of California, Los Angeles
H.J.C. Swan
H.J.C. Swan University of California, Los Angeles
Moshe Arditi
Moshe Arditi Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Raj Makkar
Raj Makkar Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
George A. Diamond
George A. Diamond Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Christie M. Ballantyne
Christie M. Ballantyne Baylor College of Medicine
Frank G. Shellock
Frank G. Shellock University of Southern California

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