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ArticleBasic research in cardiology2020

PCSK9 regulates pyroptosis via mtDNA damage in chronic myocardial ischemia.

Xianwei Wang, Xiao Li, Shijie Liu, Anna N Brickell, Jinghang Zhang, Zekun Wu, Sichang Zhou, Zufeng Ding

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Article in Basic research in cardiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers.

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77 citing papers in PubMed, 115 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Xianwei WangHenan Key Laboratory of Medical Tissue Regeneration, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.
Xiao LiHenan Key Laboratory of Medical Tissue Regeneration, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.
Shijie LiuCentral Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA.
Anna N BrickellCentral Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA.
Jinghang ZhangDepartment of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.
Zekun WuHenan Key Laboratory of Medical Tissue Regeneration, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.
Sichang ZhouDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA.
Zufeng DingCentral Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA. ZDing@uams.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-8643-7059
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System · USXinxiang Medical University · CNCornell University · USFirst Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81370428National Natural Science Foundation of China 81873459National Natural Science Foundation of China U1804166
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proprotein convertase subtilisin/Kexin type 9 (PCSK9) and pyroptosis both play important roles in myocardial infarction. This study was designed to test the hypothesis that PCSK9 regulates pyroptosis in cardiomyocytes during chronic myocardial ischemia. Primary cardiomyocytes were isolated from WT and PCSK9

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DNA DamagePyroptosisAgedAnimalsCase-Control StudiesCaspase 1Cell LineChronic DiseaseDisease Models, AnimalDNA, MitochondrialFemaleGasderminsHumansInflammasomesInflammation MediatorsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsCaspase 1DNA, MitochondrialGasderminsGSDMD protein, humanGsdmd protein, mouseInflammasomesInflammation MediatorsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinNLRP3 protein, humanNlrp3 protein, mousePCSK9 protein, humanPcsk9 protein, mousePhosphate-Binding ProteinsProprotein Convertase 9Chronic myocardial ischemiaMitochondrial DNA damageNLRP3 inflammasomePCSK9Pyroptosis

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PMID33180196
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