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Karim C. El Kasmi

Current: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma in Ridgefield, CT, USA; Past University of Colorado …
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The adventitia: essential regulator of vascular wall structure and function

KR Stenmark, ME Yeager, KC El Kasmi… - Annual review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
The vascular adventitia acts as a biological processing center for the retrieval, integration,
storage, and release of key regulators of vessel wall function. It is the most complex …

The role of inflammation in hypoxic pulmonary hypertension: from cellular mechanisms to clinical phenotypes

…, MA Fini, A Olschewski, KC El Kasmi… - … of Physiology-Lung …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
Hypoxic pulmonary hypertension (PH) comprises a heterogeneous group of diseases
sharing the common feature of chronic hypoxia-induced pulmonary vascular remodeling. The …

Developmental origins of NAFLD: a womb with a clue

SR Wesolowski, KCE Kasmi, KR Jonscher… - Nature reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in the maternal environment leading to an altered intrauterine milieu can
result in subtle insults to the fetus, promoting increased lifetime disease risk and/or disease …

[HTML][HTML] Arginase-1–expressing macrophages suppress Th2 cytokine–driven inflammation and fibrosis

…, MM Mentink-Kane, MS Wilson, KC El Kasmi… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Macrophage-specific expression of Arginase-1 is commonly believed to promote inflammation,
fibrosis, and wound healing by enhancing L-proline, polyamine, and Th2 cytokine …

Toll-like receptor–induced arginase 1 in macrophages thwarts effective immunity against intracellular pathogens

KC El Kasmi, JE Qualls, JT Pesce, AM Smith… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
… /EBPβ is an essential component of Arg1 induction by the IL-4–STAT6 pathway 26 , we tested
whether C/EBPβ is also required for Arg1 expression … Karim C El KasmiKarim C El Kasmi

Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 is central to cardioprotection: a new paradigm for ischemic preconditioning

T Eckle, D Köhler, R Lehmann, KC El Kasmi… - Circulation, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— Ischemic preconditioning provides strong cardioprotection from ischemia, but
its molecular mechanisms remain unknown. Convincing evidence confirms a central role of …

LAG-3 regulates plasmacytoid dendritic cell homeostasis

CJ Workman, Y Wang, KC El Kasmi… - The Journal of …, 2009 - journals.aai.org
Lymphocyte activation gene 3 (LAG-3) is a CD4-related, activation-induced cell surface
molecule expressed by various lymphoid cell types and binds to MHC class II with high affinity. …

[HTML][HTML] The gut microbiota in infants of obese mothers increases inflammation and susceptibility to NAFLD

…, A D'Alessandro, LA Barbour, KC El Kasmi… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Maternal obesity is associated with increased risk for offspring obesity and non-alcoholic
fatty liver disease (NAFLD), but the causal drivers of this association are unclear. Early …

Emergence of fibroblasts with a proinflammatory epigenetically altered phenotype in severe hypoxic pulmonary hypertension

M Li, SR Riddle, MG Frid, KC El Kasmi… - The Journal of …, 2011 - journals.aai.org
Persistent accumulation of monocytes/macrophages in the pulmonary artery adventitial/perivascular
areas of animals and humans with pulmonary hypertension has been documented. …

General nature of the STAT3-activated anti-inflammatory response

KC El Kasmi, J Holst, M Coffre, L Mielke… - The Journal of …, 2006 - journals.aai.org
Although many cytokine receptors generate their signals via the STAT3 pathway, the IL-10R
appears unique in promoting a potent anti-inflammatory response (AIR) via STAT3 to …