Ten-Eleven Translocation-2 (TET2) Is a Master Regulator of Smooth Muscle Cell Plasticity
Liu R, Jin Y, Tang WH, Qin L, Zhang X, Tellides G, Hwa J, Yu J, Martin KA. Ten-Eleven Translocation-2 (TET2) Is a Master Regulator of Smooth Muscle Cell Plasticity. Circulation 2013, 128: 2047-2057. PMID: 24077167, PMCID: PMC3899790, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.113.002887.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAtherosclerosisCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedDioxygenasesDNA-Binding ProteinsEpigenesis, GeneticHumansKruppel-Like Factor 4Kruppel-Like Transcription FactorsMiceMice, KnockoutMuscle, Smooth, VascularMyocytes, Smooth MuscleNuclear ProteinsPromoter Regions, GeneticProto-Oncogene ProteinsTrans-ActivatorsWound HealingConceptsTen-Eleven Translocation-2SMC differentiationTET2 knockdownSmooth muscle cellsGene expressionTranslocation 2Smooth Muscle Cell PlasticityMaster epigenetic regulatorSMC gene expressionContractile gene expressionMuscle cell plasticityDedifferentiated smooth muscle cellsTET2 overexpressionContractile smooth muscle cellsHuman smooth muscle cellsChromatin accessibilityEpigenetic landscapeSMC plasticityChromatin immunoprecipitationEpigenetic regulatorsEpigenetic mechanismsCell plasticityMaster regulatorSMC phenotypeTranscriptional upregulation