• Deficiency of B vitamins leads to cholesterol-independent atherogenic transformation of the aorta 

      Almer, Gunter; Opriessnig, Peter; Wolinski, Heimo; Sommer, Gerhard; Diwoky, Clemens; Lechleitner, Margarete; Kolb, Dagmar; Bubalo, Vladimir; Brunner, Markus S.; Schwarz, Andreas N.; Leitinger, Gerd; Schoiswohl, Gabriele; Marsche, Gunther; Niedrist, Tobias; Schauer, Silvia; Oswald, Wolfgang; Groselj-Strele, Andrea; Paar, Margret; Cvirn, Gerhard; Hoefler, Gerald; Rechberger, Gerald N.; Herrmann, Markus; Frank, Saša; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Kratky, Dagmar; Mangge, Harald; Hörl, Gerd; Tehlivets, Oksana (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Atherosclerosis, the leading cause of cardiovascular disease responsible for the majority of deaths worldwide, cannot be sufficiently explained by established risk factors, including hypercholesterolemia. Elevated plasma ...
    • An efficient and accurate method for modeling nonlinear fractional viscoelastic biomaterials 

      Zhang, Will; Capilnasiu, Adela; Sommer, Gerhard; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Nordsletten, David A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      While experimental evidence indicates that the mechanical response of most tissues is viscoelastic, current biomechanical models in the computational community often assume hyperelastic material models. Fractional viscoelastic ...
    • Genetic deletion of MMP12 ameliorates cardiometabolic disease by improving insulin sensitivity, systemic inflammation, and atherosclerotic features in mice 

      Amor, Melina; Bianco, Valentina; Buerger, Martin; Lechleitner, Margarete; Vujić, Nemanja; Dobrijević, Anja; Akhmetshina, Alena; Pirchheim, Anita; Schwarz, Birgit; Pessentheiner, Ariane R.; Baumgartner, Franziska; Rampitsch, Katharina; Schauer, Silvia; Klobučar, Iva; Degoricija, Vesna; Pregartner, Gudrun; Kummer, Daniel; Svecla, Monika; Sommer, Gerhard; Kolb, Dagmar; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Hoefler, Gerald; Frank, Saša; Norata, Giuseppe Danilo; Kratky, Dagmar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Matrix metalloproteinase 12 (MMP12) is a macrophage-secreted protein that is massively upregulated as a pro-inflammatory factor in metabolic and vascular tissues of mice and humans suffering from cardiometabolic ...