Atherosclerosis: recent developments

JLM Björkegren, AJ Lusis - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease of the large arteries that is the major cause of
cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke. Here, we review the current understanding of the …

Polygenic risk scores for cardiovascular disease: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

JW O'Sullivan, S Raghavan, C Marquez-Luna… - Circulation, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiovascular disease is the leading contributor to years lost due to disability or premature
death among adults. Current efforts focus on risk prediction and risk factor mitigation ‚which …

Genetics of diabetes mellitus and diabetes complications

JB Cole, JC Florez - Nature reviews nephrology, 2020 - nature.com
Diabetes is one of the fastest growing diseases worldwide, projected to affect 693 million
adults by 2045. Devastating macrovascular complications (cardiovascular disease) and …

[PDF][PDF] Low-density lipoproteins cause atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: pathophysiological, genetic, and therapeutic insights: a consensus statement from the …

J Boren, MJ Chapman, RM Krauss… - European heart …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
OP-EHEA191011_online 2313..2340 Page 1 Low-density lipoproteins cause atherosclerotic
cardiovascular disease: pathophysiological, genetic, and therapeutic insights: a consensus …

Stem cell pluripotency genes Klf4 and Oct4 regulate complex SMC phenotypic changes critical in late-stage atherosclerotic lesion pathogenesis

GF Alencar, KM Owsiany, S Karnewar, K Sukhavasi… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Rupture and erosion of advanced atherosclerotic lesions with a resultant
myocardial infarction or stroke are the leading worldwide cause of death. However, we have …

Microanatomy of the human atherosclerotic plaque by single-cell transcriptomics

MAC Depuydt, KHM Prange, L Slenders, T Örd… - Circulation …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Atherosclerotic lesions are known for their cellular heterogeneity, yet the
molecular complexity within the cells of human plaques has not been fully assessed …

Biomarkers: Promising and valuable tools towards diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of Covid-19 and other diseases

A Bodaghi, N Fattahi, A Ramazani - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
The use of biomarkers as early warning systems in the evaluation of disease risk has
increased markedly in the last decade. Biomarkers are indicators of typical biological …

Single-nucleus chromatin accessibility profiling highlights regulatory mechanisms of coronary artery disease risk

AW Turner, SS Hu, JV Mosquera, WF Ma… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a complex inflammatory disease involving genetic
influences across cell types. Genome-wide association studies have identified over 200 loci …

A fast and efficient colocalization algorithm for identifying shared genetic risk factors across multiple traits

CN Foley, JR Staley, PG Breen, BB Sun… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified thousands of genomic regions
affecting complex diseases. The next challenge is to elucidate the causal genes and …

Genome-wide association meta-analysis of spontaneous coronary artery dissection identifies risk variants and genes related to artery integrity and tissue-mediated …

D Adlam, TE Berrandou, A Georges, CP Nelson… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an understudied cause of myocardial
infarction primarily affecting women. It is not known to what extent SCAD is genetically …