Reactive oxygen species in metabolic and inflammatory signaling

SJ Forrester, DS Kikuchi, MS Hernandes, Q Xu… - Circulation …, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are well known for their role in mediating both physiological
and pathophysiological signal transduction. Enzymes and subcellular compartments that …

Vascular smooth muscle cells in atherosclerosis

GL Basatemur, HF Jørgensen, MCH Clarke… - Nature reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are a major cell type present at all stages of an
atherosclerotic plaque. According to the 'response to injury'and 'vulnerable …

Protein misfolding in the endoplasmic reticulum as a conduit to human disease

M Wang, RJ Kaufman - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
In eukaryotic cells, the endoplasmic reticulum is essential for the folding and trafficking of
proteins that enter the secretory pathway. Environmental insults or increased protein …

Cholesterol-induced phenotypic modulation of smooth muscle cells to macrophage/fibroblast–like cells is driven by an unfolded protein response

A Chattopadhyay, CS Kwartler, K Kaw, Y Li… - … , and vascular biology, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Objective: Vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) dedifferentiate and initiate expression of
macrophage markers with cholesterol exposure. This phenotypic switching is dependent on …

[HTML][HTML] ER stress transforms random olfactory receptor choice into axon targeting precision

HJ Shayya, JK Kahiapo, R Duffié, KS Lehmann… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) convert the stochastic choice of one of> 1,000 olfactory
receptor (OR) genes into precise and stereotyped axon targeting of OR-specific glomeruli in …

Chop/Ddit3 depletion in β cells alleviates ER stress and corrects hepatic steatosis in mice

J Yong, VS Parekh, SM Reilly, J Nayak… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia,
hyperinsulinemia, and insulin resistance (IR). During the early phase of T2D, insulin …

Role of endoplasmic reticulum stress in atherosclerosis and its potential as a therapeutic target

S Yang, M Wu, X Li, R Zhao, Y Zhao… - … Medicine and Cellular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is closely associated with atherosclerosis and related
cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). It occurs due to various pathological factors that interfere …

RGC-specific ATF4 and/or CHOP deletion rescues glaucomatous neurodegeneration and visual function

F Fang, P Liu, H Huang, X Feng, L Li, Y Sun… - … Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2023 - cell.com
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has been linked with various acute and chronic
neurodegenerative diseases. We previously found that optic nerve (ON) injury and diseases …

Smooth muscle α-actin missense variant promotes atherosclerosis through modulation of intracellular cholesterol in smooth muscle cells

K Kaw, A Chattopadhyay, P Guan, J Chen… - European Heart …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Aims The variant p. Arg149Cys in ACTA2, which encodes smooth muscle cell
(SMC)-specific α-actin, predisposes to thoracic aortic disease and early onset coronary …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of Nox enzymes expression in vascular pathophysiology: focusing on transcription factors and epigenetic mechanisms

SA Manea, A Constantin, G Manda, S Sasson… - Redox biology, 2015 - Elsevier
NADPH oxidases (Nox) represent a family of hetero-oligomeric enzymes whose exclusive
biological function is the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Nox-derived ROS are …