A crosstalk between TGF-β/Smad3 and Wnt/β-catenin pathways promotes vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation

DM DiRenzo, MA Chaudhary, X Shi, SR Franco, J Zent… - Cellular signalling, 2016 - Elsevier
Rationale Endovascular interventions performed for atherosclerotic lesions trigger excessive
vascular smooth muscle cell (SMC) proliferation leading to intimal hyperplasia. Our previous …

Dynamic changes in chromatin accessibility are associated with the atherogenic transitioning of vascular smooth muscle cells

Y Wang, H Gao, F Wang, Z Ye, M Mokry… - Cardiovascular …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Aims De-differentiation and activation of pro-inflammatory pathways are key transitions
vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) make during atherogenesis. Here, we explored the …

CHD8 dosage regulates transcription in pluripotency and early murine neural differentiation

S Sood, CM Weber, HC Hodges… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The chromatin remodeler CHD8 is among the most frequently mutated genes in autism
spectrum disorder (ASD). CHD8 has a dosage-sensitive role in ASD, but when and how it …

Chemokine mediated signalling within arteries promotes vascular smooth muscle cell recruitment

AN Stratman, MC Burns, OM Farrelly, AE Davis… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
The preferential accumulation of vascular smooth muscle cells (vSMCs) on arteries versus
veins during early development is a well-described phenomenon, but the molecular …

[HTML][HTML] Phenotypic characterization of adenomyosis occurring at the inner and outer myometrium

Y Kishi, K Shimada, T Fujii, T Uchiyama, C Yoshimoto… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Objective To estimate the phenotypic characterization of fibrotic process in adenomyosis
occurring at the inner or the outer myometrium. Methods Eight cases of adenomyosis …

Dedifferentiation of vascular smooth muscle cells upon vessel injury

C Zhao, J Shen, Y Lu, H Ni, M **ang, Y **e - International …, 2025 - Elsevier
Highly differentiated mature vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are the predominant
type of cells constituting arterial walls, which are essential for maintaining the structural and …

The relationships between polymorphisms in genes encoding the growth factors TGF-β1, PDGFB, EGF, bFGF and VEGF-A and the restenosis process in patients with …

T Osadnik, JK Strzelczyk, R Reguła, K Bujak… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Neointima forming after stent implantation consists of vascular smooth muscle
cells (VSMCs) in 90%. Growth factors TGF-β1, PDGFB, EGF, bFGF and VEGF-A play an …

CXCR3-CXCL11 Signaling Restricts Angiogenesis and Promotes Pericyte Recruitment

J Lee, ME Goeckel, A Levitas, S Colijn… - … , and vascular biology, 2024 - ahajournals.org
BACKGROUND: Endothelial cell (EC)–pericyte interactions are known to remodel in
response to hemodynamic forces; yet there is a lack of mechanistic understanding of the …

LncRNA APOA1-AS facilitates proliferation and migration and represses apoptosis of VSMCs through TAF15-mediated SMAD3 mRNA stabilization

J Wang, Y Cai, H Lu, F Zhang, J Zheng - Cell Cycle, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Coronary atherosclerosis (CAS) is a major cause of cardiovascular disease. Long non-
coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been implicated as novel biomarkers in coronary artery …

Cell sheet mechanics: How geometrical constraints induce the detachment of cell sheets from concave surfaces

T Yamashita, P Kollmannsberger, K Mawatari… - Acta biomaterialia, 2016 - Elsevier
Despite of the progress made to engineer structured microtissues such as BioMEMS and 3D
bioprinting, little control exists how microtissues transform as they mature, as the misbalance …