2024
Akt is a mediator of artery specification during zebrafish development
Zhou W, Ghersi J, Ristori E, Semanchik N, Prendergast A, Zhang R, Carneiro P, Baldissera G, Sessa W, Nicoli S. Akt is a mediator of artery specification during zebrafish development. Development 2024, 151: dev202727. PMID: 39101673, PMCID: PMC11441982, DOI: 10.1242/dev.202727.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchArterial specificationEndothelial cellsVascular endothelial growth factor ADorsal aortaEndothelial growth factor ASingle-cell RNA sequencing analysisGrowth factor AArtery endothelial cellsEmbryonic cardiovascular systemConstitutively active Akt1Ligand-independent activationActivation of NotchArteriovenous malformationsCongenital malformationsRNA sequencing analysisVEGF-AProtein kinase BUpstream of NotchSequence analysisCardiovascular developmentSpecific expressionAkt kinaseActive Akt1Zebrafish developmentCardiovascular system
2021
Defective Flow-Migration Coupling Causes Arteriovenous Malformations in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
Park H, Furtado J, Poulet M, Chung M, Yun S, Lee S, Sessa WC, Franco CA, Schwartz MA, Eichmann A. Defective Flow-Migration Coupling Causes Arteriovenous Malformations in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia. Circulation 2021, 144: 805-822. PMID: 34182767, PMCID: PMC8429266, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.120.053047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsActivin receptor-like kinase 1Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasiaHemorrhagic telangiectasiaVascular malformationsArteriovenous malformationsBlood flowGrowth factor receptor 2Endothelial growth factor receptor 2Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2Factor receptor 2Receptor-like kinase 1New potential targetsYAP/TAZ nuclear translocationDeficient miceTransmembrane serine-threonine kinase receptorsDevastating disorderAlk1 deletionReceptor 2Pharmacologic inhibitionCre linesPostnatal retinaMalformationsSerine-threonine kinase receptorsEndothelial cell migrationNuclear translocation