2023
The age of bone marrow dictates the clonality of smooth muscle-derived cells in atherosclerotic plaques
Kabir I, Zhang X, Dave J, Chakraborty R, Qu R, Chandran R, Ntokou A, Gallardo-Vara E, Aryal B, Rotllan N, Garcia-Milian R, Hwa J, Kluger Y, Martin K, Fernández-Hernando C, Greif D. The age of bone marrow dictates the clonality of smooth muscle-derived cells in atherosclerotic plaques. Nature Aging 2023, 3: 64-81. PMID: 36743663, PMCID: PMC9894379, DOI: 10.1038/s43587-022-00342-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtherosclerotic plaquesBone marrowSmooth muscle-derived cellsSMC progenitorsAtherosclerotic plaque cellsSmooth muscle cell progenitorsPredominant risk factorCause of deathNovel therapeutic strategiesTNF receptor 1Muscle-derived cellsAged bone marrowAged BMEffect of agePlaque burdenAged miceRisk factorsTumor necrosisTherapeutic strategiesPlaque cellsMyeloid cellsReceptor 1Integrin β3Cell progenitorsAtherosclerosis
2007
Regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation
Rzucidlo E, Martin K, Powell R. Regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2007, 45: a25-a32. PMID: 17544021, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.03.001.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsVascular smooth muscle cell differentiationSmooth muscle cell differentiationMuscle cell differentiationCell differentiationPathogenesis of atherosclerosisMajor human diseasesLocal environmental cuesEnvironmental cuesContractile roleIntimal hyperplasiaDifferentiated stateVascular aneurysmsMolecular mechanismsVascular developmentPhenotypic switchingHuman diseasesVessel wallVSMCCritical roleDifferentiationEssential componentHypertensionAsthmaAtherosclerosisHyperplasia