A multiscale modelling approach to understand atherosclerosis formation: a patient-specific case study in the aortic bifurcation

M Alimohammadi, C Pichardo-Almarza… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Atherogenesis, the formation of plaques in the wall of blood vessels, starts as a result of lipid
accumulation (low-density lipoprotein cholesterol) in the vessel wall. Such accumulation is …

[PDF][PDF] Impaired LXRα phosphorylation attenuates progression of fatty liver disease

…, OM Pello, TV Luong, S Goni, C Pichardo-Almarza… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a very common indication for liver transplantation.
How fat-rich diets promote progression from fatty liver to more damaging inflammatory …

Proportional–integral observer for systems modelled by bond graphs

C Pichardo-Almarza, A Rahmani… - … Modelling Practice and …, 2005 - Elsevier
In the present work a bond graph approach to build full-order proportional–integral (PI)
observers is shown. The proposed approach is based on the bond graph method defined for …

[HTML][HTML] Minimal brain PBPK model to support the preclinical and clinical development of antibody therapeutics for CNS diseases

…, C Maass, E van Maanen, C Pichardo-Almarza… - … of pharmacokinetics and …, 2021 - Springer
There are several antibody therapeutics in preclinical and clinical development, industry-wide,
for the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) disorders. Due to the limited …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a patient-specific multi-scale model to understand atherosclerosis and calcification locations: comparison with in vivo data in an aortic …

M Alimohammadi, C Pichardo-Almarza, O Agu… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Vascular calcification results in stiffening of the aorta and is associated with hypertension
and atherosclerosis. Atherogenesis is a complex, multifactorial, and systemic process; the …

Quantitative systems pharmacology model for Alzheimer disease indicates targeting sphingolipid dysregulation as potential treatment option

D Clausznitzer, C PichardoAlmarza… - CPT …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer disease ( AD ) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder with high unmet
medical need. Drug development is hampered by limited understanding of the disease and its …

[HTML][HTML] Patient-specific, multi-scale modeling of neointimal hyperplasia in vein grafts

F Donadoni, C Pichardo-Almarza, M Bartlett… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Neointimal hyperplasia is amongst the major causes of failure of bypass grafts. The disease
progression varies from patient to patient due to a range of different factors. In this paper, a …

[PDF][PDF] Bond graph approach to build reduced order observers in linear time invariant systems

C Pichardo-Almarza, A Rahmani… - Proceedings of 4th …, 2003 - eurosim.info
This paper proposes a method to build reduced order observers for linear time invariant
systems modelled by bond graph. The method is based on the Luenberger’s algebraic method …

A multiscale model of atherosclerotic plaque formation at its early stage

…, V Díaz-Zuccarini, C Pichardo-Almarza - IEEE Transactions on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Pichardo-Almarza is with the Department of Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism,
Pfizer Global R&D, Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, CT13 9NJ, UK (email : cesar.pichardo@pfizer…

From PK/PD to QSP: understanding the dynamic effect of cholesterol-lowering drugs on atherosclerosis progression and stratified medicine

C Pichardo-Almarza… - Current pharmaceutical …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
Current computational and mathematical tools are demonstrating the high value of using
systems modeling approaches (eg Quantitative Systems Pharmacology) to understand the …