• Department of Vascular Surgery, The Translational Medicine Center of PUMCH, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China;
CHENYue-xin, Email: cyuexin2007@163.com
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Objective To summarize the current advancement of peroxisome proliferator activated receptors (PPARs) participating in formation of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and to find out the potential treatment strategy of AAA. Methods Relevant literatures about PPARs and formation of AAA were reviewed. Results AAA involved inflammation of all the layers of aorta, and the formation of AAA needed many kinds of inflammatory cells and cytokines. Many researches in vitro or in vivo had shown that PPARs could reduce the expression of inflammatory cytokines, to reduce formation of AAA. However, PPARγ was also confirmed to participate in the formation of AAA and the mechanism might be the transformation of macrophage from type 1 macrophage (M1) to type 2 macrophage (M2). According to the existing studies, the assumption could be that PPARγ can suppress the inflammatory function of M1 to reduce formation of AAA at the initiating stage, and promote formation of AAA by inducing the transform of macrophage to M2 at the late stage. Conclusion PPARs may be a potential targeting point for the prevention of AAA. More studies are needed to show the feasibility and to decide the application timing.

Citation: WANGWen-da, CHENYue-xin, ZHENGYue-hong, LIYong-jun, LIUChang-wei. Advancement in Research of Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptors and Formation of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2016, 23(3): 360-364. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.20160095 Copy

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