2021
Endothelial p300 Promotes Portal Hypertension and Hepatic Fibrosis Through C‐C Motif Chemokine Ligand 2–Mediated Angiocrine Signaling
Gao J, Wei B, Liu M, Hirsova P, Sehrawat T, Cao S, Hu X, Xue F, Yaqoob U, Kang N, Cui H, Pomerantz W, Kostallari E, Shah V. Endothelial p300 Promotes Portal Hypertension and Hepatic Fibrosis Through C‐C Motif Chemokine Ligand 2–Mediated Angiocrine Signaling. Hepatology 2021, 73: 2468-2483. PMID: 33159815, PMCID: PMC8102654, DOI: 10.1002/hep.31617.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLiver sinusoidal endothelial cellsPartial inferior vena cava ligationPortal hypertensionLiver fibrosisLiver injuryMacrophage accumulationCCL2 transcriptionKnockout miceC motif chemokine ligand 2Inferior vena cava ligationP50 knockout miceNuclear factor kappa BVena cava ligationChemokine ligand 2Accumulation of macrophagesPathological inflammatory responsesWild-type miceFactor kappa BSinusoidal endothelial cellsInhibition of p300CCL2 deficiencyPortal pressureLiver diseaseInflammatory cellsCCL2 expression
2020
GIPC-Regulated IGFBP-3 Promotes HSC Migration In Vitro and Portal Hypertension In Vivo Through a β1-Integrin Pathway
Yaqoob U, Luo F, Greuter T, Sakrikar N, Sehrawat T, Lu J, Hu X, Gao J, Kostallari E, Chen J, Arab J, Martin-Mateos R, Cao S, Shah V. GIPC-Regulated IGFBP-3 Promotes HSC Migration In Vitro and Portal Hypertension In Vivo Through a β1-Integrin Pathway. Cellular And Molecular Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2020, 10: 545-559. PMID: 32447051, PMCID: PMC7399184, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2020.05.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcetylationAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnimalsBiomarkersCell MovementCells, CulturedDisease Models, AnimalEpigenesis, GeneticGene Knockdown TechniquesHepatic Stellate CellsHistonesHumansHypertension, PortalInsulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3Integrin beta1Liver CirrhosisMiceMice, KnockoutPhosphorylationPrimary Cell CultureSignal TransductionTransforming Growth Factor betaUp-RegulationConceptsHepatic stellate cellsPortal hypertensionIGFBP-3Quantitative polymerase chain reactionWestern blot analysisLiver fibrosisPolymerase chain reactionHSC migrationChromatin immunoprecipitationChronic liver injury modelInsulin-like growth factorActivation targetGrowth factorQuiescent hepatic stellate cellsIGFBP-3 increaseTransport proteinsChronic liver diseaseChain reactionLiver injury modelIntegrin-dependent phosphorylationHistone 3 lysine 27 acetylationGene regulation changesHSC activation markersEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assayEnzyme-linked immunosorbent