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ANDRIY YABLUCHANSKIY

Andriy Yabluchanskiy,
MD*, PhD

Associate Professor

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Zsofia Szarvas

Zsofia Szarvas,
MD*
 


Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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Mihaly Muranyi

Mihaly Muranyi,
ME

Staff Scientist

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Mukli Peter

Peter Mukli,
MD*, PhD

Research Assistant Professor  

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Peterfi Anna

Anna Peterfi,
MD*

 

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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Zalan Kaposzta, MD

Associate Research Scholar

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Camila Bonin Pinto

Camila Bonin Pinto,
BS, MS, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

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Cameron Owens

Cameron Owens,
PhD
 



MD/Phd Student

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Cheryl Adams

Cheryl Adams,
RN


Study Coordinator

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Langley Ana Clara

Ana Clara da C. P. Langley,
MSc, ELS

PhD candidate, Graduate Research Assistant

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Our OU collaborators:

OU-Health Sciences Center:

Department of Neurosurgery:

Department of Neurology:

Department of Medicine:

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences:

Department of Cell Biology:

OU-Norman:

OU-Tulsa:

Our international and nation-wide collaborators:

US collaborators:

  • Joseph A. Baur, PhD, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
  • Farzaneh A. Sorond, MD, Northwestern Univerisity, Chicago, IL
  • Fanny Elahi, MD, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
  • Michael L Rohan, PhD, Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, OK
  • Jonathan D. Wren, PhD, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OKC, OK
  • Norman Hord, PhD, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
  • Yong Cheng, PhD, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

Collaborators in Canada:

Collaborators in Europe:

Our science (2025):

Ungvari A, Gulej R, Patai R, Papp Z, Toth A, Szabó AÁ, Podesser BK, Sótonyi P, Benyó Z, Yabluchanskiy A, Tarantini S, Maier AB, Csiszar A, Ungvari Z. Sex-specific mechanisms in vascular aging: exploring cellular and molecular pathways in the pathogenesis of age-related cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Geroscience. 2025 Jan 3. PMID 39754010

da C Pinaffi-Langley AC, Tarantini S, Hord NG, Yabluchanskiy A. Polyphenol-Derived Microbiota Metabolites and Cardiovascular Health: A Concise Review of Human Studies. Antioxidants (Basel). 2024 Dec 18. PMID 39765880

Owens CD, Pinto CB, Szarvas Z, Muranyi M, da C Pinaffi-Langley AC, Peterfi A, Mukli P, Detwiler S, Olay L, Kaposzta Z, Smith K, Kirkpatrick AC, Saleh Velez F, Tarantini S, Csiszar A, Ungvari ZI, Prodan CI, Yabluchanskiy A. COVID-19 Exacerbates Neurovascular Uncoupling and Contributes to Endothelial Dysfunction in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment. Biomolecules. 2024 Dec 18. PMID 39766328

Ungvari Z, Fekete M, Varga P, Fekete JT, Buda A, Szappanos Á, Lehoczki A, Mózes N, Grosso G, Menyhart O, Munkácsy G, Tarantini S, Yabluchanskiy A, Ungvari A, Győrffy B. Impact of adherence to the Mediterranean diet on stroke risk. Geroscience. 2025 Jan 7. PMID 39777701

Fekete M, Lehoczki A, Szappanos Á, Toth A, Mahdi M, Sótonyi P, Benyó Z, Yabluchanskiy A, Tarantini S, Ungvari Z. Cerebromicrovascular mechanisms contributing to long COVID: implications for neurocognitive health. Geroscience. 2025 Jan 7. PMID 39777702

Fekete M, Varga P, Ungvari Z, Fekete JT, Buda A, Szappanos Á, Lehoczki A, Mózes N, Grosso G, Godos J, Menyhart O, Munkácsy G, Tarantini S, Yabluchanskiy A, Ungvari A, Győrffy B. The role of the Mediterranean diet in reducing the risk of cognitive impairement, dementia, and Alzheimer's disease: a meta-analysis. Geroscience. 2025 Jan 11. PMID 39797935

Peterfi A, Pinaffi-Langley ACDC, Szarvas Z, Muranyi M, Kaposzta Z, Adams C, Pinto CB, Mukli P, Kotliar K, Yabluchanskiy A. Dynamic retinal vessel analysis: flickering a light into the brain. Front Aging Neurosci. 2025 Jan 6. PMID 39834618

Negri S, Reyff Z, Troyano-Rodriguez E, Milan M, Ihuoma J, Tavakol S, Shi H, Patai R, Jiang R, Mohon J, Boma-Iyaye J, Ungvari Z, Csiszar A, Yabluchanskiy A, Moccia F, Tarantini S. Endothelial Colony-Forming Cells (ECFCs) in cerebrovascular aging: Focus on the pathogenesis of Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia (VCID), and treatment prospects. Ageing Res Rev. 2025 Jan 28. PMID 39884362

Natarajan D, Ekambaram S, Tarantini S, Nagaraja RY, Yabluchanskiy A, Hedrick AF, Awasthi V, Subramanian M, Csiszar A, Balasubramanian P. Chronic β3 adrenergic agonist treatment improves neurovascular coupling responses, attenuates blood-brain barrier leakage and neuroinflammation, and enhances cognition in aged mice. Aging (Albany NY). 2025 Feb 19. PMID 39976587

Patai R, Kiss T, Gulej R, Nyul-Toth A, Csik B, Chandragiri SS, Shanmugarama S, Tarantini S, Ungvari A, Pacher P, Mukli P, Yabluchanskiy A, Csiszar A, Ungvari Z. Patai R, Kiss T, Gulej R, Nyul-Toth A, Csik B, Chandragiri SS, Shanmugarama S, Tarantini S, Ungvari A, Pacher P, Mukli P, Yabluchanskiy A, Csiszar A, Ungvari Z. Geroscience. 2025 Feb 20. PMID 39976844

Csik B, Vali Kordestan K, Gulej R, Patai R, Nyul-Toth A, Shanmugarama S, Mukli P, Ungvari A, Balsara KE, McNall RY, Razzaghi T, Tarantini S, Yabluchanskiy A, Ungvari Z, Csiszar A. Cisplatin and methotrexate induce brain microvascular endothelial and microglial senescence in mouse models of chemotherapy-associated cognitive impairment. Geroscience. 2025 Feb 20. PMID 39976845

Patai R, Csik B, Nyul-Toth A, Gulej R, Vali Kordestan K, Chandragiri SS, Shanmugarama S, Tarantini S, Mukli P, Ungvari A, Yabluchanskiy A, Ungvari Z, Csiszar A. Persisting blood-brain barrier disruption following cisplatin treatment in a mouse model of chemotherapy-associated cognitive impairment. Geroscience. 2025 Feb 21. PMID 39982666

Chandragiri SS, Nyul-Toth A, Negri S, Patai R, Gulej R, Csik B, Shanmugarama S, Vali Kordestan K, Nagykaldi M, Mukli P, Ungvari A, Yabluchanskiy A, Ungvari Z, Tarantini S, Csiszar A. Functional ultrasound imaging reveals microvascular rarefaction, decreased cerebral blood flow, and impaired neurovascular coupling in a mouse model of paclitaxel-induced chemobrain. Geroscience. 2025 Mar 25. PMID 40131589

Csik B, Nyúl-Tóth Á, Gulej R, Patai R, Kiss T, Delfavero J, Nagaraja RY, Balasubramanian P, Shanmugarama S, Ungvari A, Chandragiri SS, Kordestan KV, Nagykaldi M, Mukli P, Yabluchanskiy A, Negri S, Tarantini S, Conley S, Oh TG, Ungvari Z, Csiszar A. Senescent Endothelial Cells in Cerebral Microcirculation Are Key Drivers of Age-Related Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption, Microvascular Rarefaction, and Neurovascular Coupling Impairment in Mice. Aging Cell. 2025 Apr 1. PMID 40167015

Patai R, Patel K, Csik B, Gulej R, Nagaraja RY, Nagy D, Chandragiri SS, Shanmugarama S, Kordestan KV, Nagykaldi M, Ekambaram S, Ungvari A, Yabluchanskiy A, Tarantini S, Benyo Z, Csiszar A, Ungvari Z, Nyul-Toth A. Aging, mitochondrial dysfunction, and cerebral microhemorrhages: a preclinical evaluation of SS-31 (elamipretide) and development of a high-throughput machine learning-driven imaging pipeline for cerebromicrovascular protection therapeutic screening. Geroscience. 2025 Apr 2. PMID 40169521

Nyul-Toth A, Shanmugarama S, Patai R, Gulej R, Faakye J, Nagy D, Nagykaldi M, Kiss T, Csipo T, Milan M, Ekambaram S, Negri S, Nagaraja RY, Csiszar A, Brown JL, Van Remmen H, Ungvari A, Yabluchanskiy A, Tarantini S, Ungvari Z. Endothelial IGF- 1R deficiency disrupts microvascular homeostasis, impairing skeletal muscle perfusion and endurance: implications for age-related sarcopenia. Geroscience. 2025 Apr 8. PMID 40199795

Kallai A, Ungvari A, Csaban D, Orfi Z, Lehoczki A, Harasztdombi J, Yabluchanskiy A, Benyó Z, Szappanos Á, Tarantini S, Sorond F, Sótonyi P, Andrikovics H, Ungvari Z. Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) in cerebromicrovascular aging: implications for vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID). Geroscience. 2025 Apr 11. PMID 40214958

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