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ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2021

STK35 Gene Therapy Attenuates Endothelial Dysfunction and Improves Cardiac Function in Diabetes.

Darukeshwara Joladarashi, Yanan Zhu, Matthew Willman, Kevin Nash, Maria Cimini, Rajarajan Amirthalingam Thandavarayan, Keith A Youker, Xuehong Song, Di Ren, Ji Li and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Darukeshwara JoladarashiDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, Bryd Alzheimer's Research Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States.
Yanan ZhuDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, Bryd Alzheimer's Research Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States.
Matthew WillmanDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, Bryd Alzheimer's Research Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States.
Kevin NashDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, Bryd Alzheimer's Research Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States.
Maria CiminiCenter for Translational Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Rajarajan Amirthalingam ThandavarayanHouston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Keith A YoukerHouston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Xuehong SongDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, Bryd Alzheimer's Research Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States.
Di RenDepartment of Surgery, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States.
Ji LiDepartment of Surgery, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States.
Raj KishoreCenter for Translational Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Prasanna KrishnamurthyDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
Lianchun WangDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, Bryd Alzheimer's Research Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States.
University of South Florida · USHouston Methodist · USTemple University · USUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is characterized by microvascular pathology and interstitial fibrosis that leads to progressive heart failure. The mechanisms underlying DCM pathogenesis remain obscure, and no effective treatments for the disease have been available. In the present study, we observed that STK35, a novel kinase, is decreased in the diabetic human heart. High glucose treatment, mimicking hyperglycemia in diabetes, downregulated STK35 expression in mouse cardiac endothelial cells (MCEC). Knockdown of STK35 attenuated MCEC proliferation, migration, and tube formation, whereas STK35 overexpression restored the high glucose-suppressed MCEC migration and tube formation. Angiogenesis gene PCR array analysis revealed that HG downregulated the expression of several angiogenic genes, and this suppression was fully restored by STK35 overexpression. Intravenous injection of AAV9-STK35 viral particles successfully overexpressed STK35 in diabetic mouse hearts, leading to increased vascular density, suppression of fibrosis in the heart, and amelioration of left ventricular function. Altogether, our results suggest that hyperglycemia downregulates endothelial STK35 expression, leading to microvascular dysfunction in diabetic hearts, representing a novel mechanism underlying DCM pathogenesis. Our study also emerges STK35 is a novel gene therapeutic target for preventing and treating DCM.

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angiogenesiscardiac functiondiabetesgene therapyserine threonine kinaseSTK35

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PMID35097018
PMCPMC8792894
OpenAlexW4206523718

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