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ReviewLaboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology2018

Redox control of vascular smooth muscle cell function and plasticity.

Brittany G Durgin, Adam C Straub

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Review in Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Blood Vessel Resident Human Stem Cells in Health and Disease.Stem cells translational medicine · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brittany G DurginHeart, Lung, Blood and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Adam C StraubHeart, Lung, Blood and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. astraub@pitt.edu.
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

T32 Research Training in Diabetes and EndocrinologyT32DK007052 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ROBERT M O'DOHERTY · 1986 to 2026
$6.3M
Novel role of smooth muscle B5 reductase in Sickle Cell DiseaseR01HL133864 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI STRAUB, ADAM CARL · 2016 to 2019
$2.4M
Vascular Smooth Muscle and Blood Pressure Regulation By Cyb5R3²R01HL128304 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI STRAUB, ADAM CARL · 2016 to 2020
$2.4M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL128304NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL133864NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007052
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC) play a major role in vascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis and hypertension. It has long been established in vitro that contractile SMC can phenotypically switch to function as proliferative and/or migratory cells in response to stimulation by oxidative stress, growth factors, and inflammatory cytokines. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are oxidative stressors implicated in driving vascular diseases, shifting cell bioenergetics, and increasing SMC proliferation, migration, and apoptosis. In this review, we summarize our current knowledge of how disruptions to redox balance can functionally change SMC and how this may influence vascular disease pathogenesis. Specifically, we focus on our current understanding of the role of vascular nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidases (NOX) 1, 4, and 5 in SMC function. We also review the evidence implicating mitochondrial fission in SMC phenotypic transitions and mitochondrial fusion in maintenance of SMC homeostasis. Finally, we discuss the importance of the redox regulation of the soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC)-cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)-protein kinase G (PKG) pathway as a potential oxidative and therapeutic target for regulating SMC function.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansMitochondrial DynamicsMuscle, Smooth, VascularMyocytes, Smooth MuscleNADPH OxidasesOxidation-ReductionSignal TransductionVascular DiseasesNADPH Oxidases

Identifiers

PMID29463879
PMCPMC6102093
OpenAlexW2793179261

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