2024
Hemodynamics regulate spatiotemporal artery muscularization in the developing circle of Willis
Cheng S, Xia I, Wanner R, Abello J, Stratman A, Nicoli S. Hemodynamics regulate spatiotemporal artery muscularization in the developing circle of Willis. ELife 2024, 13: rp94094. PMID: 38985140, PMCID: PMC11236418, DOI: 10.7554/elife.94094.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVascular smooth muscle cellsWall shear stressVascular smooth muscle cell differentiationVSMC differentiationEndothelial cellsAnalysis of blood flowBlood flowShear stressBrain arteriesPulsatile flowCerebrovascular diseaseDedifferentiated vascular smooth muscle cellsRegulate cerebral blood flowSmooth muscle cellsRed blood cell velocityDedifferentiation of vascular smooth muscle cellsCerebral blood flowBlood cell velocityArterial muscularizationVenous plexusCell progenitorsMuscle cellsBlood flow activationArteryFlow
2023
Mutation of key signaling regulators of cerebrovascular development in vein of Galen malformations
Zhao S, Mekbib K, van der Ent M, Allington G, Prendergast A, Chau J, Smith H, Shohfi J, Ocken J, Duran D, Furey C, Hao L, Duy P, Reeves B, Zhang J, Nelson-Williams C, Chen D, Li B, Nottoli T, Bai S, Rolle M, Zeng X, Dong W, Fu P, Wang Y, Mane S, Piwowarczyk P, Fehnel K, See A, Iskandar B, Aagaard-Kienitz B, Moyer Q, Dennis E, Kiziltug E, Kundishora A, DeSpenza T, Greenberg A, Kidanemariam S, Hale A, Johnston J, Jackson E, Storm P, Lang S, Butler W, Carter B, Chapman P, Stapleton C, Patel A, Rodesch G, Smajda S, Berenstein A, Barak T, Erson-Omay E, Zhao H, Moreno-De-Luca A, Proctor M, Smith E, Orbach D, Alper S, Nicoli S, Boggon T, Lifton R, Gunel M, King P, Jin S, Kahle K. Mutation of key signaling regulators of cerebrovascular development in vein of Galen malformations. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 7452. PMID: 37978175, PMCID: PMC10656524, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43062-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEphrin receptor B4Galen malformationBrain arteriovenous malformationsP120 RasGAPTransmitted variantsArteriovenous malformationsDe novo variantsSingle-cell transcriptomesSignificant burdenCerebrovascular developmentIntegrative genomic analysisEndothelial cellsVenous networkAdditional probandsMalformationsNovo variantsMissense variantsGenomic analysisDevelopmental angiogenesisVascular developmentDamaging variantsVeinRasGAPIntegrated analysisPatientsHaematopoietic stem and progenitor cell heterogeneity is inherited from the embryonic endothelium
Ghersi J, Baldissera G, Hintzen J, Luff S, Cheng S, Xia I, Sturgeon C, Nicoli S. Haematopoietic stem and progenitor cell heterogeneity is inherited from the embryonic endothelium. Nature Cell Biology 2023, 25: 1135-1145. PMID: 37460694, PMCID: PMC10415179, DOI: 10.1038/s41556-023-01187-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHaemogenic endothelial cellsHaematopoietic stemPost-transcriptional repressionHuman pluripotent stem cellsProgenitor cell heterogeneityCell cycle statePluripotent stem cellsG2/MZebrafish leadsAorta-gonadBlood lineagesEmbryonic endotheliumExpansion of HSPCsEndothelial cellsProliferative outputDifferent cell cycle statesLymphoid progenitorsCell heterogeneityLineagesMiR-128Jag1bHSPCsMyeloid lineageStem cellsCycle state
2022
Lactate-dependent chaperone-mediated autophagy induces oscillatory HIF-1α activity promoting proliferation of hypoxic cells
Kshitiz, Afzal J, Suhail Y, Chang H, Hubbi M, Hamidzadeh A, Goyal R, Liu Y, Sun P, Nicoli S, Dang C, Levchenko A. Lactate-dependent chaperone-mediated autophagy induces oscillatory HIF-1α activity promoting proliferation of hypoxic cells. Cell Systems 2022, 13: 1048-1064.e7. PMID: 36462504, PMCID: PMC10012408, DOI: 10.1016/j.cels.2022.11.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIF-1α activityActivation of genesChaperone-mediated autophagyCancer cellsCell divisionIndividual cancer cellsRegulated processPatient-derived cancer cellsSubset of cellsMolecular mechanismsFluorescent reportersSingle-cell responsesCancer cell linesCell linesGenesHypoxic tumor cellsHIF-1αHypoxic conditionsCellsBroad suppressionAggressive growthTumor cellsHypoxic cellsOscillatory activityExtracellular lactate
2012
miRNAs in endothelial cell signaling: The endomiRNAs
Santoro M, Nicoli S. miRNAs in endothelial cell signaling: The endomiRNAs. Experimental Cell Research 2012, 319: 1324-1330. PMID: 23262024, PMCID: PMC3648629, DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2012.12.009.Peer-Reviewed Original Research