2024
Wnt Signaling in Atherosclerosis: Mechanisms to Therapeutic Implications
Afroz R, Goodwin J. Wnt Signaling in Atherosclerosis: Mechanisms to Therapeutic Implications. Biomedicines 2024, 12: 276. PMID: 38397878, PMCID: PMC10886882, DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines12020276.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWnt pathwayWnt signalingAtherosclerosis progressionSmooth muscle cell proliferationMuscle cell proliferationPathophysiology of atherosclerosisBlock Wnt signalingDownstream signaling moleculesStages of atherosclerosis progressionPreclinical modelsMonocyte infiltrationEndothelial dysfunctionSmall molecule inhibitorsTreatment of atherosclerosisVascular inflammationTherapeutic approachesTherapeutic implicationsCo-receptorVascular diseaseAtherosclerosis developmentAtherosclerosisCell proliferationWnt ligandsMolecule inhibitorsWnt
2023
Endothelial Dysfunction in Cardiorenal Conditions: Implications of Endothelial Glucocorticoid Receptor-Wnt Signaling
Akhter M, Goodwin J. Endothelial Dysfunction in Cardiorenal Conditions: Implications of Endothelial Glucocorticoid Receptor-Wnt Signaling. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences 2023, 24: 14261. PMID: 37762564, PMCID: PMC10531724, DOI: 10.3390/ijms241814261.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlucocorticoid receptorEndothelial dysfunctionVascular inflammationEndothelial cellsEndothelial glucocorticoid receptorAnti-inflammatory effectsFatty acid oxidation pathwayDifferent pathological conditionsSuppression of WntRenal diseaseInflammatory cascadeVascular toneNovel therapiesMultiple organsBlood fluidityEndothelial integrityPlatelet aggregationInnermost liningVessel permeabilityBlood vesselsPathological conditionsWnt pathwayInflammationDysfunctionDevastating disease
2020
Endothelial cell–glucocorticoid receptor interactions and regulation of Wnt signaling
Zhou H, Mehta S, Srivastava SP, Grabinska K, Zhang X, Wong C, Hedayat A, Perrotta P, Fernández-Hernando C, Sessa WC, Goodwin JE. Endothelial cell–glucocorticoid receptor interactions and regulation of Wnt signaling. JCI Insight 2020, 5: e131384. PMID: 32051336, PMCID: PMC7098785, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.131384.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndothelial glucocorticoid receptorVascular inflammationGlucocorticoid receptorGlucocorticoid receptor regulationGlucocorticoid receptor resultsUpregulation of WntEndogenous glucocorticoidsExogenous glucocorticoidsGlucocorticoid response elementCardiovascular diseaseMouse endothelial cellsMouse modelEndothelial WNTInflammationReceptor regulationEndothelial cellsReceptors resultsNext-generation sequencingReceptor interactionReceptorsRegulation of WntWnt pathwayGlucocorticoidsRecent dataWnt