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
2013
Control of Cholesterol Metabolism and Plasma High-Density Lipoprotein Levels by microRNA-144
Ramírez CM, Rotllan N, Vlassov AV, Dávalos A, Li M, Goedeke L, Aranda JF, Cirera-Salinas D, Araldi E, Salerno A, Wanschel A, Zavadil J, Castrillo A, Kim J, Suárez Y, Fernández-Hernando C. Control of Cholesterol Metabolism and Plasma High-Density Lipoprotein Levels by microRNA-144. Circulation Research 2013, 112: 1592-1601. PMID: 23519695, PMCID: PMC3929583, DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.112.300626.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnticholesteremic AgentsApolipoprotein A-IATP Binding Cassette Transporter 1ATP-Binding Cassette TransportersChlorocebus aethiopsCholesterol, HDLCOS CellsDiet, High-FatGene Expression ProfilingHep G2 CellsHepatocytesHomeostasisHumansHydrocarbons, FluorinatedLiver X ReceptorsMacrophagesMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMicroRNAsOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisOligonucleotidesOrphan Nuclear ReceptorsSulfonamidesConceptsAdenosine triphosphate-binding cassette transporter A1Liver X nuclear receptorCholesterol metabolismABCA1 expressionMiR-144HDL levelsLXR agonistsCholesterol effluxLXR ligandsHigh-density lipoprotein levelsPlasma high-density lipoprotein levelsTriphosphate-binding cassette transporter A1Potential therapeutical interventionsAtherosclerotic vascular diseaseMacrophage cholesterol effluxCassette transporter A1Cassette transporter G1MiR-144 expressionPrimary mouse peritoneal macrophagesHigh-density lipoprotein biogenesisEfflux of cholesterolFoam cell formationAdenosine triphosphate-binding cassette transportersModulation of miRNAsMiRNA expression signatures