Imaging Angiogenesis and Placental Function
Imaging Angiogenesis and Placental Function
Preeclampsia, a hypertensive disorder, is estimated to affect 5% to 10% of pregnancies. An initiating factor in the development of the disease is placental hypoxia. Using photoacoustic imaging, we have successfully monitored longitudinal, in vivo placental oxygenation in normal pregnancy and the reduced uterine perfusion pressure (RUPP) model of preeclampsia. Our current aim is to investigate the effect two potential therapies for preeclampsia have on placental hypoxia and maternal/fetal outcome.
References
Huda, K., Lawrence, D.J., Thompson, W. Lindsey, S. H., Bayer, C. L. In vivo noninvasive systemic myography of acute systemic vasoactivity in female pregnant mice. Nat Commun 14, 6286 (2023).
[DOI]Alencar, A.K.N., Swan, K.F., Mahapatra, S., Pridjian G., Lindsey S.H.. and Bayer , C. L., “G Protein-Coupled Estrogen Receptor Stimulation Attenuates Hypertension And Cardiac Dysfunction In The Reduced Uterine Perfusion Pressure Model Of Preeclampsia”. Hypertension (07 September 2023). [Poster]
Alencar, A.K.N., Swan, K.F., Mahapatra, S., Pridjian G., Bayer , C.L., “Selective activation of the G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER) attenuates hypertension and cardiac dysfunction in the reduced uterine perfusion pressure model of preeclampsia.” Vasculata 2023, (19 July 2023). [Poster]
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Alencar, A.K.N., Swan K.F., Pridjian, G., Lindsey, S.H., Bayer, C.L. “Connecting G protein-coupled estrogen receptor biomolecular mechanisms with the pathophysiology of preeclampsia: a review”. Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology (2023).
Huda, K., Vincely, V.D., Bayer C.L., “Spectral photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging of vascular function.” Proc. SPIE 12363-14, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2023 (28 January 2023) [INVITED PAPER].
Raman, A.K., St. Clair, A., Swan, K.F., Bayer, C.L., “Evaluation of Drug Loaded Nanodroplets in a Placental Model,” BMES 2022 Annual Meeting: Photoaccoustic Imaging, (12-15 October 2022)
St. Clair, A., Raman, A.K., and Bayer, C.L., “Drug Encapsulated Perfluorocarbon Nanodroplets as a Localized Preeclampsia Theranostic,” Tulane School of Science and Engineering Undergraduate Research Poster Session, (11 October 2022) [POSTER]
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D.J. Lawrence, M.E. Escott, L. Myers, S. Intapad, S.H. Lindsey, and C.L. Bayer, “Spectral photoacoustic imaging to estimate in vivo placental oxygenation during preeclampsia,” Scientific Reports, vol. 9, no. 1, 2019.
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