2024
A KLF2-BMPER-Smad1/5 checkpoint regulates high fluid shear stress-mediated artery remodeling
Deng H, Zhang J, Wang Y, Joshi D, Pi X, De Val S, Schwartz M. A KLF2-BMPER-Smad1/5 checkpoint regulates high fluid shear stress-mediated artery remodeling. Nature Cardiovascular Research 2024, 3: 785-798. PMID: 39196179, DOI: 10.1038/s44161-024-00496-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFluid shear stressVascular remodelingOutward remodelingBone morphogenetic proteinShear stressMouse models of type 1Ischemic diseasesModels of type 1BMP-binding endothelial regulatorBlood flow recoveryType 2 diabetesPhysiological fluid shear stressPotential therapeutic approachBlocking antibodiesMouse modelSmad1/5 activationArterial remodelingTherapeutic approachesType 1Akt activationBlood flowEndothelial regulationSmad1/5Flow recoveryMorphogenetic proteins
2022
Fibronectin-Integrin α5 Signaling in Vascular Complications of Type 1 Diabetes.
Chen M, Hu R, Cavinato C, Zhuang ZW, Zhang J, Yun S, Fernandez Tussy P, Singh A, Murtada SI, Tanaka K, Liu M, Fernández-Hernando C, Humphrey JD, Schwartz MA. Fibronectin-Integrin α5 Signaling in Vascular Complications of Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes 2022, 71: 2020-2033. PMID: 35771994, PMCID: PMC9450851, DOI: 10.2337/db21-0958.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVascular complicationsInjection of streptozotocinBlood flow recoveryHigh-fat dietType 1 diabetesInflammatory cell invasionIntegrin α5T1D miceVascular basement membraneVascular diseaseCarotid arteryHindlimb ischemiaMetalloproteinase expressionMain receptorType 1Plaque sizeBeneficial effectsEndothelial cellsMajor causeCell invasionExtracellular matrix proteinsHyperlipidemiaComplicationsBasement membraneT1D