CCN2 deficiency in smooth muscle cells triggers cell reprogramming and aggravates aneurysm development
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ABSTRACT: Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) phenotypic switching is widely recognized as a key mechanism responsible for the pathogenesis of several aortic diseases such as aortic aneurysm. Cellular communication network factor 2 (CCN2), often upregulated in human pathologies and animal disease models, exerts a myriad of context-dependent biological functions. However, current understanding of the role of SMC-CCN2 in SMC phenotypic switching and its function in the pathology of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is lacking. Here we report the effect of SMC-restricted CCN2 deficiency of hypercholesterolemic mice on gene expression in infrarenal aorta with or without angiotensin II (Ang II)-infusion.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE221399 | GEO | 2023/03/02
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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