Diabetic vascular diseases: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic strategies

Y Li, Y Liu, S Liu, M Gao, W Wang, K Chen… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Vascular complications of diabetes pose a severe threat to human health. Prevention and
treatment protocols based on a single vascular complication are no longer suitable for the …

T cell subsets and functions in atherosclerosis

R Saigusa, H Winkels, K Ley - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2020 - nature.com
Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the arterial wall and the primary
underlying cause of cardiovascular disease. Data from in vivo imaging, cell-lineage tracing …

Immunity and inflammation in atherosclerosis

D Wolf, K Ley - Circulation research, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
There is now overwhelming experimental and clinical evidence that atherosclerosis is a
chronic inflammatory disease. Lessons from genome-wide association studies, advanced in …

Living macrophage-delivered tetrapod PdH nanoenzyme for targeted atherosclerosis management by ROS scavenging, hydrogen anti-inflammation, and autophagy …

R Hu, C Dai, C Dong, L Ding, H Huang, Y Chen… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Atherosclerosis, driven by chronic inflammation in the artery walls, underlies several severe
cardiovascular diseases. However, currently available anti-inflammatory-based strategies …

Atherosclerosis and inflammation: insights from the theory of general pathological processes

E Gusev, A Sarapultsev - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recent advances have greatly improved our understanding of the molecular mechanisms
behind atherosclerosis pathogenesis. However, there is still a need to systematize this data …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic aptamer targeting sclerostin loop3 for promoting bone formation without increasing cardiovascular risk in osteogenesis imperfecta mice

L Wang, Y Yu, S Ni, D Li, J Liu, D Xie, HY Chu… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Sclerostin inhibition demonstrated bone anabolic potential in osteogenesis
imperfecta (OI) mice, whereas humanized therapeutic sclerostin antibody romosozumab for …

Deletion of BACH1 attenuates atherosclerosis by reducing endothelial inflammation

M Jia, Q Li, J Guo, W Shi, L Zhu, Y Huang, Y Li… - Circulation …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: The transcription factor BACH1 (BTB and CNC homology 1) suppressed
endothelial cells (ECs) proliferation and migration and impaired angiogenesis in the …

Pathogenic Autoimmunity in Atherosclerosis Evolves From Initially Protective Apolipoprotein B100–Reactive CD4+ T-Regulatory Cells

D Wolf, T Gerhardt, H Winkels, NA Michel, AB Pramod… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Throughout the inflammatory response that accompanies atherosclerosis,
autoreactive CD4+ T-helper cells accumulate in the atherosclerotic plaque. Apolipoprotein …

VEGF-A in cardiomyocytes and heart diseases

M Braile, S Marcella, L Cristinziano… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a homodimeric vasoactive glycoprotein, is
the key mediator of angiogenesis. Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels, is …

Heterogeneity of immune cells in human atherosclerosis revealed by scRNA-Seq

J Vallejo, C Cochain, A Zernecke… - Cardiovascular …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Immune cells in atherosclerosis include T, B, natural killer (NK) and NKT cells,
macrophages, monocytes, dendritic cells (DCs), neutrophils, and mast cells. Advances in …