ReviewJournal of the American Heart Association2023
Phenotypic Switching of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Atherosclerosis.
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- Cell-Surface Signatures and Targets of Modulated Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Atherosclerosis: From State Identification to Precision Intervention.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2026Review
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- HMGB1 as a danger signal in vascular remodeling.The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2026Review
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- Neuro-Mechanical Regulation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Behaviour Under Ageing-Associated Substrate Stiffness.Current issues in molecular biology · 2026Article
- Ginkgo biloba L. in preventing cardiovascular disease: pharmacological effects, mechanism of action, and therapeutic potential.Acta pharmacologica Sinica · 2026Review
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- Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease: Epidemiology, Screening, Prevention, and Therapeutic Interventions.MedComm · 2026Review
- Targeting mTOR to Mitigate Sequelae of Chronic Hypoxia on the Carotid Artery and Cerebral Circulation.Comprehensive Physiology · 2026Article
- Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Plasticity in Atherosclerosis: Mechanisms, Recent Advances, and Therapeutic Implications.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
- Single-cell analysis of the progeria arterial wall reveals progerin-induced progressive, cell type-specific dysfunction and somatic mutation accumulation.Genome medicine · 2026Article
- A rare pre-existing progenitor-like Primed SMC compartment is the dominant inferred source of SMC-derived cellularity in vascular injury and atherosclerosis.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Spatial transcriptomics reveals a key role of fibroblast-like vascular smooth muscle cells in human atherosclerotic cell crosstalk and stability.European heart journal · 2026Article
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Abstract
The medial layer of the arterial wall is composed mainly of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Under physiological conditions, VSMCs assume a contractile phenotype, and their primary function is to regulate vascular tone. In contrast with terminally differentiated cells, VSMCs possess phenotypic plasticity, capable of transitioning into other cellular phenotypes in response to changes in the vascular environment. Recent research has shown that VSMC phenotypic switching participates in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, where the various types of dedifferentiated VSMCs accumulate in the atherosclerotic lesion and participate in the associated vascular remodeling by secreting extracellular matrix proteins and proteases. This review article discusses the 9 VSMC phenotypes that have been reported in atherosclerotic lesions and classifies them into differentiated VSMCs, intermediately dedifferentiated VSMCs, and dedifferentiated VSMCs. It also provides an overview of several methodologies that have been developed for studying VSMC phenotypic switching and discusses their respective advantages and limitations.
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