2024
Hemodynamics regulate spatiotemporal artery muscularization in the developing circle of Willis
Cheng S, Xia I, Wanner R, Abello J, Stratman A, Nicoli S. Hemodynamics regulate spatiotemporal artery muscularization in the developing circle of Willis. ELife 2024, 13: rp94094. PMID: 38985140, PMCID: PMC11236418, DOI: 10.7554/elife.94094.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell DifferentiationCircle of WillisEndothelial CellsHemodynamicsHumansMuscle, Smooth, VascularMyocytes, Smooth MuscleZebrafishConceptsVascular smooth muscle cellsWall shear stressVascular smooth muscle cell differentiationVSMC differentiationEndothelial cellsAnalysis of blood flowBlood flowShear stressBrain arteriesPulsatile flowCerebrovascular diseaseDedifferentiated vascular smooth muscle cellsRegulate cerebral blood flowSmooth muscle cellsRed blood cell velocityDedifferentiation of vascular smooth muscle cellsCerebral blood flowBlood cell velocityArterial muscularizationVenous plexusCell progenitorsMuscle cellsBlood flow activationArteryFlow
2023
Haematopoietic stem and progenitor cell heterogeneity is inherited from the embryonic endothelium
Ghersi J, Baldissera G, Hintzen J, Luff S, Cheng S, Xia I, Sturgeon C, Nicoli S. Haematopoietic stem and progenitor cell heterogeneity is inherited from the embryonic endothelium. Nature Cell Biology 2023, 25: 1135-1145. PMID: 37460694, PMCID: PMC10415179, DOI: 10.1038/s41556-023-01187-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell DifferentiationEndotheliumHemangioblastsHematopoiesisHematopoietic Stem CellsHumansMicroRNAsZebrafishConceptsHaemogenic endothelial cellsHaematopoietic stemPost-transcriptional repressionHuman pluripotent stem cellsProgenitor cell heterogeneityCell cycle statePluripotent stem cellsG2/MZebrafish leadsAorta-gonadBlood lineagesEmbryonic endotheliumExpansion of HSPCsEndothelial cellsProliferative outputDifferent cell cycle statesLymphoid progenitorsCell heterogeneityLineagesMiR-128Jag1bHSPCsMyeloid lineageStem cellsCycle state