Single-nuclei Transcriptomics human Lung
#COVID19 x7
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COVID🫁
⏫Systemic venous+capillary #EndothelialCell
⏬general capillary EC
⏬Epi-Endo Notch, EC-stromal PDGF
⏫Stromal-EC PlxnA-Sema3A

Dr. Peter Carmeliet lab #CardiovascRes 2022
https://academic.oup.com/cardiovascres/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cvr/cvac139/6673943

pulmonary vasculature in lethal COVID-19 and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at single-cell resolution

AbstractAims. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection causes COVID-19, which in severe cases evokes life-threatening acute respiratory distres

OUP Academic

Partial #EndMT,⏫by #Hypoxia-induced CD45, as a major cellular source for neointima formation

50% ECs in ligated artery are CD45+

CD45 is required to maintain this Partial status
Amazing!🀩

Dr. Yoshito Yamashiro & Yoshito Yamashiro lab #CardiovascRes 2022
https://academic.oup.com/cardiovascres/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cvr/cvac190/6942105

How CD45 titrates the extent of mesenchymalization of #EndothelialCell?

CD45 stabilizes VE-cad junction via fortifying integrin Ξ±11-SHARPIN complex

Very interesting data on Biomechanics of #EndMT πŸ˜‹

What (beyond CD45) control partial-to-complete EndMT transition?πŸ€“

Chromatin landscape dynamics of #SmoothMuscleCell in #Atherosclerosis🐭

Integrated scATACseq+scRNAseq+lineage tracing analysis reveals a protective role of ATF3 in atherogenic #Complement 3+ SMC

Dr. Ying Wang & Nicholas Leeper lab #CardiovascRes 2022
https://academic.oup.com/cardiovascres/article/118/13/2792/6438000

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

AbstractAims. De-differentiation and activation of pro-inflammatory pathways are key transitions vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) make during atherogenesis.

OUP Academic