2024
Smooth muscle cell-specific matrix metalloproteinase 3 deletion reduces osteogenic transformation and medial artery calcification
Xie Y, Lin T, Jin Y, Berezowitz A, Wang X, Lu J, Cai Y, Guzman R. Smooth muscle cell-specific matrix metalloproteinase 3 deletion reduces osteogenic transformation and medial artery calcification. Cardiovascular Research 2024, 120: 658-670. PMID: 38454645, PMCID: PMC11074797, DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvae035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSmooth muscle cellsPeripheral arterial diseaseVascular smooth muscle cellsMedial calcificationMMP-3Osteogenic transformationRodent modelsAssociated with increased morbiditySmooth muscle cell calcificationChronic kidney diseaseEx vivo organ culture modelMMP-3 expressionOrgan culture modelMedial arterial calcificationTargeting MMP-3Matrix metalloproteinase 3MMP-3 proteinArtery calcificationArtery diseaseKidney diseaseVascular calcificationMuscle cellsTherapeutic strategiesCalcification mediumVitamin D3
2016
Dorsomorphin homologue 1, a highly selective small-molecule bone morphogenetic protein inhibitor, suppresses medial artery calcification
Lin T, Wang XL, Zettervall SL, Cai Y, Guzman RJ. Dorsomorphin homologue 1, a highly selective small-molecule bone morphogenetic protein inhibitor, suppresses medial artery calcification. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2016, 66: 586-593. PMID: 27374065, PMCID: PMC5201454, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2016.03.462.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAorta, ThoracicAortic DiseasesBone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors, Type IBone Morphogenetic ProteinsCells, CulturedHumansMuscle, Smooth, VascularMyocytes, Smooth MuscleOrgan Culture TechniquesOsteogenesisPhosphatesPyrazolesQuinolinesRats, Sprague-DawleySignal TransductionVascular CalcificationConceptsMedial artery calcificationSmooth muscle cellsArtery calcificationMedial calcificationOrgan culture modelVascular patientsVascular calcificationWestern blotCalcium accumulationHuman aortic smooth muscle cellsChronic kidney diseaseCulture modelVascular smooth muscle cellsAortic smooth muscle cellsQuantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reactionReverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionSMC markersTranscription-polymerase chain reactionHuman smooth muscle cellsAortic medial calcificationMuscle myosin heavy chainHomologue 1Bone morphogenetic proteinKidney diseasePolymerase chain reaction