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Robert L Pitts

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Lee E, Van Spyk E, Chun K, Pitts R, Wu M, Yuan S
J Surg Res . 2012 Jul; 177(2):373-81. PMID: 22809707
Background: Statin therapy is used in the medical management of patients with peripheral vascular disease (PVD) and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) for the pleiotropic and anti-inflammatory benefits. We hypothesize that...
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Lee E, Shen Q, Pitts R, Guo M, Wu M, Sun S, et al.
J Vasc Surg . 2011 May; 54(2):454-9. PMID: 21620625
Objective: Many vascular surgeons construct arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) for hemodialysis access as the primary choice access. A significant number of AVFs fail to mature, however, leading to patient frustration and...
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Lee E, Shen Q, Pitts R, Guo M, Wu M, Yuan S
Vasc Endovascular Surg . 2010 Aug; 44(8):674-9. PMID: 20724289
Failure of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) maturation is attributed to impaired vein remodeling. The purpose of this study is to identify whether vein matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) expression and activity is associated...
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Shen Q, Lee E, Pitts R, Wu M, Yuan S
Mol Cancer Res . 2010 Jun; 8(7):939-51. PMID: 20571065
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) have been implicated in multiple stages of cancer metastasis. Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 (TIMP-2) plays an important role in regulating MMP-2 activity. By forming a ternary complex...
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Enerback C, Porter D, Seth P, Sgroi D, Gaudet J, Weremowicz S, et al.
Cancer Res . 2002 Jan; 62(1):43-7. PMID: 11782356
We determined, by serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) analysis of normal and DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ) mammary epithelial cells, that psoriasin and several other genes implicated in psoriasis...