2023
The age of bone marrow dictates the clonality of smooth muscle-derived cells in atherosclerotic plaques
Kabir I, Zhang X, Dave J, Chakraborty R, Qu R, Chandran R, Ntokou A, Gallardo-Vara E, Aryal B, Rotllan N, Garcia-Milian R, Hwa J, Kluger Y, Martin K, Fernández-Hernando C, Greif D. The age of bone marrow dictates the clonality of smooth muscle-derived cells in atherosclerotic plaques. Nature Aging 2023, 3: 64-81. PMID: 36743663, PMCID: PMC9894379, DOI: 10.1038/s43587-022-00342-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtherosclerotic plaquesBone marrowSmooth muscle-derived cellsSMC progenitorsAtherosclerotic plaque cellsSmooth muscle cell progenitorsPredominant risk factorCause of deathNovel therapeutic strategiesTNF receptor 1Muscle-derived cellsAged bone marrowAged BMEffect of agePlaque burdenAged miceRisk factorsTumor necrosisTherapeutic strategiesPlaque cellsMyeloid cellsReceptor 1Integrin β3Cell progenitorsAtherosclerosis
2019
Promoters to Study Vascular Smooth Muscle
Chakraborty R, Saddouk FZ, Carrao AC, Krause DS, Greif DM, Martin KA. Promoters to Study Vascular Smooth Muscle. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis And Vascular Biology 2019, 39: 603-612. PMID: 30727757, PMCID: PMC6527360, DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.119.312449.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActinsAnimalsCell LineCell LineageCell TransdifferentiationGene Expression RegulationGene Knockout TechniquesGene TargetingHumansMiceMicrofilament ProteinsMuscle ProteinsMuscle, Smooth, VascularMyocytes, Smooth MuscleMyofibroblastsMyosin Heavy ChainsNeovascularization, PathologicNeovascularization, PhysiologicPhenotypePromoter Regions, GeneticRecombinant Fusion ProteinsConceptsSmooth muscle cellsCre driver linesDiversity of phenotypesMuscle cell typesVisceral smooth muscle cellsSMC transdifferentiationActa2 promoterRemarkable plasticityExciting new eraSMC functionCell typesCre linesEmbryonic heartExciting discoveriesPhenotypeMuscle cellsPerivascular adipocytesPromoterVascular smooth muscleNonmuscular cellsExpressionMyeloid cellsCardiovascular phenotypesCellsBlood vessel wall
2018
Cell Autonomous and Non-cell Autonomous Regulation of SMC Progenitors in Pulmonary Hypertension
Sheikh AQ, Saddouk FZ, Ntokou A, Mazurek R, Greif DM. Cell Autonomous and Non-cell Autonomous Regulation of SMC Progenitors in Pulmonary Hypertension. Cell Reports 2018, 23: 1152-1165. PMID: 29694892, PMCID: PMC5959296, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.03.043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary hypertensionMyeloid cellsPlatelet-derived growth factor receptor βGrowth factor receptor βKruppel-like factor 4Muscle cell markersAttractive therapeutic targetHypoxia-inducible factor-1Vascular muscularizationDistal migrationNormal lungSmall arteriolesMuscle expansionHypertensionTherapeutic targetNon-cell autonomous pathwaysReceptor βCell expressionCell inductionCell markersSMC progenitorsEndothelial cellsFactor 1Factor 4Muscularization