@misc{oai:repo.qst.go.jp:00071885,
 author = {Yoshinaga, Keiichito and Tomiyama, Yuuki and Fujii, Satoshi and Nishio, Saori and Ochi, Noriki and Katoh, Chietsugu and Inoue, Mamiko and Nishida, Mutumi and Takeuchi, Keisuke and M., Ito Yoichi and Tamaki, Nagara and 吉永 恵一郎},
 month = {Nov},
 note = {Introduction: Simple vascular function measurements are desirable for atherosclerosis risk assessments. Recently, we developed a novel modality of automated oscillometric method to measure a brachial artery’s vascular elastic modulus (VE) and reported that VE is uninfluenced by blood pressure. Galectin-3 (Gal-3) expressed in endothelial cells regulates vascular fibrosis and is a molecular determinant of vascular stiffness. 
Hypothesis: We aimed to clarify whether VE selectively correlates with marker of vascular stiffness in chronic kidney disease (CKD). 
Methods: 12 moderate-to-severe CKD pts (mean eGFR 25.9±23.5 mL/min/1.73m2) and 15 controls were studied. Rest VE in brachial artery was measured by new automated oscillometric detector. VE was defined as follows [VE =ΔPressure/ (100XΔarea/Area) mmHg/%]. Using ultrasound, the brachial artery diameter at rest and during reactive hyperemia [flow mediated dilatation (FMD) with endothelial-dependent dilatation] was measured. Gal-3 and interleukin-6 (IL-6), a representative inflammatory marker, were measured by enzyme-linked immune assay.
Results: CKD had lower FMD (4.86±3.37 vs 9.05±2.98 %, P=0.003) and had attenuated VE than control (1.08±0.26 vs 0.83±0.17 mmHg/%, P=0.002). CKD had higher IL-6 (0.67±0.29 vs 0.29±0.33 pg/mL, P=0.003) and higher Gal-3 (20.0±12.4 vs. 5.84±2.83 pg/mL, P<0.001). VE was negatively correlated with %FMD (r=-0.46, P=0.015) and correlated with Gal-3 (r=0.40, P=0.036) but not in IL-6 (r=0.21, P=0.28).
Conclusions: Attenuated vascular elasticity detected by this novel approach closely correlated with increase in Gal-3 and reduced FMD in CKD. This may indicate that the attenuated vascular elasticity selectively reflects vascular fibrosis as evidenced by Gal-3 and subsequent endothelial responses to vascular stiffness. Thus, this oscillometric measurement may be useful for detecting vascular fibrosis information and dysfunction in endothelium level., American Heart Association scientific session 2015},
 title = {Vascular Elasticity Measured by Novel Brachial Artery Vascular Volume Elastic Modulus With Automated Oscillometry Correlates With Molecular Determinant of Vascular Fibrosis},
 year = {2015}
}