Research Topics
| Elizabeth A SailhamerSummaryAffiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital Country: USA Publications
Research Grants
| Collaborators
|
Detail Information
Publications
Fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis: patterns of care and predictors of mortalityElizabeth A Sailhamer
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Arch Surg 144:433-9; discussion 439-40. 2009..There exist predictors of mortality and the need for colectomy among patients with fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis...
Cell protective mechanism of valproic acid in lethal hemorrhagic shockYongqing Li
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Surgery 144:217-24. 2008..This study investigated whether VPA treatment works through the beta-catenin survival pathways...
Hypoxic "second hit" in leukocytes from trauma patients: Modulation of the immune response by histone deacetylase inhibitionElizabeth A Sailhamer
Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Cytokine 49:303-11. 2010..The current experiments were designed to study the effects of HDACI after hemorrhage and severe hypoxia...
Pharmacologic resuscitation: cell protective mechanisms of histone deacetylase inhibition in lethal hemorrhagic shockMuhammad U Butt
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
J Surg Res 156:290-6. 2009..This study investigated whether VPA treatment works through the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)/Caspase-3 survival pathways...
Protective effect of suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid against LPS-induced septic shock in rodentsYongqing Li
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Shock 32:517-23. 2009..We report for the first time that administration of SAHA (50 mg/kg) significantly attenuates a variety of inflammatory markers and improves long-term survival after a lethal LPS insult...
Putting life on hold-for how long? Profound hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass in a Swine model of complex vascular injuriesHasan B Alam
Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Trauma 64:912-22. 2008..5 degrees C/min) for best results. However, the maximum duration of hypothermic arrest in a clinically relevant trauma model remains unknown...
Acetylation: a novel method for modulation of the immune response following trauma/hemorrhage and inflammatory second hit in animals and humansElizabeth A Sailhamer
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Surgery 144:204-16. 2008..Correction of this imbalance with histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACI) improves survival. We aimed to identify whether this was due to modulation of the post-shock immune response...
Prevention of hypoxia-induced neuronal apoptosis through histone deacetylase inhibitionYongqing Li
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Trauma 64:863-70; discussion 870-1. 2008..In the present study, neurons were subjected to severe hypoxic condition in vitro to test whether VPA would prevent hypoxia-induced apoptosis, and to explore the possible mechanisms...
Identification of a novel potential biomarker in a model of hemorrhagic shock and valproic acid treatmentYongqing Li
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
J Surg Res 159:474-81. 2010..Treatment with valproic acid (VPA) has been shown to up-regulate various survival pathways and improve outcome. Here we determine whether these changes would result in altered serum biomarkers...
Histone deacetylase inhibitors prevent apoptosis following lethal hemorrhagic shock in rodent kidney cellsNikolaos Zacharias
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Resuscitation 82:105-9. 2011..These agents are known to acetylate insulin receptor substrate-I (IRS-I), which in turn activates the Akt survival pathway. This study investigated whether HDACI exert their beneficial effects through the Akt survival pathway...
Surviving blood loss without fluid resuscitationChristian Shults
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Trauma 64:629-38; discussion 638-40. 2008..The current experiment was done to test whether administration of HDACI after lethal hemorrhage, without fluid resuscitation, would improve outcome by creating a pro-survival phenotype...
Candida infection and colonization among non-trauma emergency surgery patientsThemistoklis Kourkoumpetis
Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Virulence 1:359-66. 2010..Herein we describe the incidence of both colonization and infection from Candida and risk factors for invasive disease in this population...
Histone deacetylase as therapeutic target in a rodent model of hemorrhagic shock: effect of different resuscitation strategies on lung and liverTom Lin
Department of Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA
Surgery 141:784-94. 2007....
Environmental impact of accelerated clinical care in a high-volume centerElizabeth A Sailhamer
Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Surgery 142:343-9. 2007..The sustainability of the benefits and the "drag" effect on non-participating surgeons through changed nursing and resident practice is undetermined...
Profound hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass facilitates survival without a high complication rate in a swine model of complex vascular, splenic, and colon injuriesElizabeth A Sailhamer
Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Am Coll Surg 204:642-53. 2007....
Impact of resuscitation strategies on the acetylation status of cardiac histones in a swine model of hemorrhageHasan B Alam
Trauma Research and Readiness Institute for Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States
Resuscitation 76:299-310. 2008....
Differential effect of resuscitation on Toll-like receptors in a model of hemorrhagic shock without a septic challengeHuazhen Chen
Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States
Resuscitation 74:526-37. 2007..This study was conducted to measure the impact of different resuscitation strategies on TLR expression and downstream signaling in key organs...
Research Grants
- Histone deacetylase as a therapeutic target in rodent models of hemorrhagic shockElizabeth Sailhamer; Fiscal Year: 2007..Development of novel strategies, such as the use of drugs to improve the chances of survival, is an area of exciting new research and may lead to improved outcome in hemorrhagic shock. ..
