2015
Impaired LRP6-TCF7L2 Activity Enhances Smooth Muscle Cell Plasticity and Causes Coronary Artery Disease
Srivastava R, Zhang J, Go GW, Narayanan A, Nottoli TP, Mani A. Impaired LRP6-TCF7L2 Activity Enhances Smooth Muscle Cell Plasticity and Causes Coronary Artery Disease. Cell Reports 2015, 13: 746-759. PMID: 26489464, PMCID: PMC4626307, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.09.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseLRP6 activityArtery diseaseObstructive coronary artery diseaseHigh-fat dietVascular smooth muscle cell differentiationMuscle cell plasticitySmooth muscle cell differentiationAtherosclerotic burdenMedial hyperplasiaCarotid injuryArterial diseaseVascular obstructionNeointima formationTherapeutic targetWnt3a administrationIntact WntVSMC differentiationKnockout backgroundDiseaseMiceVessel wallNon-canonical WntCoreceptor LRP6Cell plasticity
2005
αvβ3‐Targeted detection of arteriopathy in transplanted human coronary arteries: an autoradiographic study
Zhang J, Krassilnikova S, Gharaei AA, Fassaei HR, Esmailzadeh L, Asadi A, Edwards DS, Harris TD, Azure M, Tellides G, Sinusas AJ, Zaret BL, Bender JR, Sadeghi MM. αvβ3‐Targeted detection of arteriopathy in transplanted human coronary arteries: an autoradiographic study. The FASEB Journal 2005, 19: 1857-1859. PMID: 16150802, DOI: 10.1096/fj.05-4130fje.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAortaAutoradiographyCarotid Artery DiseasesCell MovementCell ProliferationCell TransplantationCells, CulturedChimeraCoronary VesselsDensitometryEndothelium, VascularHeart TransplantationHeterocyclic Compounds, 1-RingHumansImmunohistochemistryIntegrin alphaVbeta3Ki-67 AntigenLeukocytes, MononuclearMiceMice, SCIDMicroscopy, FluorescenceOrganometallic CompoundsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsTime FactorsTissue TransplantationUp-RegulationVascular DiseasesConceptsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsGraft arteriopathyHuman coronary arteriesCoronary arteryAllogeneic human peripheral blood mononuclear cellsHuman/mouse chimeric modelAlphavbeta3 expressionHuman peripheral blood mononuclear cellsProliferative processesSevere combined immunodeficiency miceLate graft failureBlood mononuclear cellsCombined immunodeficiency miceAlphavbeta3 integrinSpecificity of uptakeCardiac transplantationConcentric narrowingGraft failureMononuclear cellsImmunodeficiency miceVascular remodelingNeointima formationNative aortaChimeric modelAutoradiographic study