2021
Desmosterol suppresses macrophage inflammasome activation and protects against vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis
Zhang X, McDonald JG, Aryal B, Canfrán-Duque A, Goldberg EL, Araldi E, Ding W, Fan Y, Thompson BM, Singh AK, Li Q, Tellides G, Ordovás-Montanes J, García Milian R, Dixit VD, Ikonen E, Suárez Y, Fernández-Hernando C. Desmosterol suppresses macrophage inflammasome activation and protects against vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2021, 118: e2107682118. PMID: 34782454, PMCID: PMC8617522, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2107682118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCholesterol biosynthetic intermediatesBiosynthetic intermediatesDependent inflammasome activationSingle-cell transcriptomicsMitochondrial reactive oxygen species productionFoam cell formationMacrophage foam cellsReactive oxygen species productionHuman coronary artery lesionsConversion of desmosterolTranscriptomic analysisMacrophage cholesterol metabolismPhysiological contextOxygen species productionLiver X receptor ligandsApoptosis-associated speck-like proteinRetinoid X receptor activationX receptor ligandsInflammasome activationAtherosclerotic plaquesSpeck-like proteinCholesterol homeostasisMacrophage inflammasome activationKey moleculesCell formation
2018
Non-coding RNA regulation of endothelial and macrophage functions during atherosclerosis
Aryal B, Suárez Y. Non-coding RNA regulation of endothelial and macrophage functions during atherosclerosis. Vascular Pharmacology 2018, 114: 64-75. PMID: 29551552, PMCID: PMC6177333, DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2018.03.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-coding RNAsNon-coding RNA regulationSmall non-coding RNAsMultiple cell functionsRNA regulationMacrophage functionRNA moleculesGene expressionPotential regulatorKey playersVascular biologyPathogenesis of atherosclerosisCell functionSpecific roleLncRNAsRegulationRNAMechanism of actionEndothelial cellsInitial eventVascular integrityRecruitment of monocytesMicroRNAsDevelopment of atherosclerosisBiology