2017
Coordinating Regulation of Gene Expression in Cardiovascular Disease: Interactions between Chromatin Modifiers and Transcription Factors
Bauer AJ, Martin KA. Coordinating Regulation of Gene Expression in Cardiovascular Disease: Interactions between Chromatin Modifiers and Transcription Factors. Frontiers In Cardiovascular Medicine 2017, 4: 19. PMID: 28428957, PMCID: PMC5382160, DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2017.00019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChromatin modifiersTranscription factorsGene expressionTranscriptional controlChromatin-modifying proteinsTranscription factor recruitmentDysregulated gene expressionNumerous cell typesChromatin structureFactor recruitmentHistone methylationGene accessibilityTranscriptional interactionsDNA methylationEpigenetic modifiersRegulatory regionsHistone acetylationVascular smooth muscle cellsCell typesSmooth muscle cellsMuscle cellsMethylationNovel therapeuticsExpressionDisease pathogenesis
2014
Epigenetic regulation of smooth muscle cell plasticity
Liu R, Leslie KL, Martin KA. Epigenetic regulation of smooth muscle cell plasticity. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta 2014, 1849: 448-453. PMID: 24937434, PMCID: PMC4552189, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.06.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSMC plasticityEpigenetic regulationSmooth muscle cellsCell plasticitySmooth Muscle Cell PlasticityRegulatory cis elementsCell typesDNA demethylation pathwayLevel of epigeneticsMuscle cell plasticityMature cell typesKey transcription factorMajor cell typesHistone modificationsNovel target moleculesDNA methylationTranscription factorsEnvironmental stressCis elementsPhenotypic statesDemethylation pathwaySMC phenotypeMolecular mechanismsAdult bodyRemarkable plasticity