2024
SRF SUMOylation modulates smooth muscle phenotypic switch and vascular remodeling
Xu Y, Zhang H, Chen Y, Pober J, Zhou M, Zhou J, Min W. SRF SUMOylation modulates smooth muscle phenotypic switch and vascular remodeling. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 6919. PMID: 39134547, PMCID: PMC11319592, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51350-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVascular smooth muscle cellsSerum response factorCardiovascular diseaseVSMC synthetic phenotypeVascular remodelingNeointimal formationSENP1 deficiencySerum response factor activitySmooth muscle phenotypic switchingPhenotypic switchingPathogenesis of cardiovascular diseaseSmooth muscle cellsPost-translational SUMOylationTreatment of cardiovascular diseasesInhibitor AZD6244Phospho-ELK1Increased nuclear accumulationLysosomal localizationGene transcriptionNuclear accumulationMuscle cellsCoronary arteryCVD patientsVSMC phenotypic switchTherapeutic potential
2021
Cardiac allograft vasculopathy: current review and future research directions
Pober JS, Chih S, Kobashigawa J, Madsen JC, Tellides G. Cardiac allograft vasculopathy: current review and future research directions. Cardiovascular Research 2021, 117: 2624-2638. PMID: 34343276, PMCID: PMC8783389, DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvab259.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac allograft vasculopathyAllograft vasculopathyImmune-mediated vasculopathyLate graft lossGraft lossCardiac transplantationOrgan graftsTransplanted heartsCurrent therapiesVascular remodellingVasculopathyMajor causeCurrent reviewRemodellingTransplantationPathogenesisGraftTherapyPerfusionIncidenceDiagnosisVasculature