2015
Smooth muscle cell progenitors are primed to muscularize in pulmonary hypertension
Sheikh AQ, Misra A, Rosas IO, Adams RH, Greif DM. Smooth muscle cell progenitors are primed to muscularize in pulmonary hypertension. Science Translational Medicine 2015, 7: 308ra159. PMID: 26446956, PMCID: PMC4629985, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaa9712.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmooth muscle cellsKruppel-like factor 4Pulmonary hypertensionSmooth muscleHypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertensionPathogenesis of PHPulmonary artery blood pressureSMC progenitorsArteriole smooth muscleArtery blood pressureSmooth muscle cell progenitorsCardiovascular disease pathogenesisPlatelet-derived growth factor receptorHypoxia-induced expressionGrowth factor receptorPH patientsBlood pressurePulmonary arteriolesVascular disordersTherapeutic strategiesDisease pathogenesisKLF4 levelsKLF4 expressionDistal extensionMuscle cells
2014
Recapitulation of Developing Artery Muscularization in Pulmonary Hypertension
Sheikh AQ, Lighthouse JK, Greif DM. Recapitulation of Developing Artery Muscularization in Pulmonary Hypertension. Cell Reports 2014, 6: 809-817. PMID: 24582963, PMCID: PMC4015349, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.01.042.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary artery hypertensionArtery hypertensionArteriole smooth muscle cellsSmooth muscle accumulationPulmonary artery complianceModest clinical benefitStrong independent predictorMuscle cell dedifferentiationSmooth muscle cellsPulmonary hypertensionArtery complianceIndependent predictorsClinical benefitPulmonary vasculatureDistal migrationVascular disordersAlveolar myofibroblastsSmooth muscleHypertensionMuscle accumulationMuscularizationMuscle cellsCell dedifferentiationPoor understandingAtherosclerosis
2013
Development and pathologies of the arterial wall
Seidelmann SB, Lighthouse JK, Greif DM. Development and pathologies of the arterial wall. Cellular And Molecular Life Sciences 2013, 71: 1977-1999. PMID: 24071897, PMCID: PMC11113178, DOI: 10.1007/s00018-013-1478-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAngiogenic ProteinsAnimalsArteriesCardiovascular DiseasesCell DifferentiationCell LineageEndothelial CellsEndothelium, VascularGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHumansMorphogenesisMuscle, Smooth, VascularMyocytes, Smooth MuscleNeovascularization, PathologicNeovascularization, PhysiologicConceptsAdventitial progenitor cellsDevastating vascular diseaseDevelopmental biologyWall developmentSmooth muscle cell originHuman diseasesExtracellular matrixMuscle cell originProcess of angiogenesisProgenitor cellsEndothelial networksDisease mechanismsNovel therapeutic strategiesDevelopmental studiesEndothelial cellsSmooth muscleCellsMorphogenesisTherapeutic strategiesCell originBiologyDifferentiationVascular diseaseVascular wallVascular wall abnormalities