Smooth Muscle Cell Reprogramming in Aortic Aneurysms
Chen PY, Qin L, Li G, Malagon-Lopez J, Wang Z, Bergaya S, Gujja S, Caulk AW, Murtada SI, Zhang X, Zhuang ZW, Rao DA, Wang G, Tobiasova Z, Jiang B, Montgomery RR, Sun L, Sun H, Fisher EA, Gulcher JR, Fernandez-Hernando C, Humphrey JD, Tellides G, Chittenden TW, Simons M. Smooth Muscle Cell Reprogramming in Aortic Aneurysms. Cell Stem Cell 2020, 26: 542-557.e11. PMID: 32243809, PMCID: PMC7182079, DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2020.02.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmooth muscle cellsAortic aneurysmAneurysm developmentMedial smooth muscle cellsAortic aneurysm developmentContractile smooth muscle cellsGrowth factor βHypercholesterolemic dietSmooth muscleAortic wallMesenchymal stem cellsMuscle cellsAneurysmsMarked increaseFactor βExuberant growthStem cellsHuman diseasesCell massCellsAtherosclerosisHypercholesterolemiaInflammationAortaApoE