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ArticleRedox biology2025

CD40-TRAF6 inhibition suppresses cardiovascular inflammation, oxidative stress and functional complications in a mouse model of arterial hypertension.

Lea Strohm, Henning Ubbens, Dominika Mihalikova, Alexander Czarnowski, Paul Stamm, Michael Molitor, Stefanie Finger, Matthias Oelze, Dorothee Atzler, Philip Wenzel and 6 more

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Article in Redox biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Lea StrohmDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiology I, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany.
Henning UbbensDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiology I, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany.
Dominika MihalikovaDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiology I, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany.
Alexander CzarnowskiDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiology I, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany.
Paul StammDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiology I, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany.
Michael MolitorDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiology I, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany; Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partnersite Rhine-Main, Mainz, Germany.
Stefanie FingerCenter for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany.
Matthias OelzeDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiology I, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany.
Dorothee AtzlerInstitute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany; Walter Straub Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany.
Philip WenzelDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiology I, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany; Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partnersite Rhine-Main, Mainz, Germany.
Philipp LurzDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiology I, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany.
Thomas MünzelDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiology I, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany; Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partnersite Rhine-Main, Mainz, Germany.
Christian WeberInstitute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany; Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich, Germany.
Esther LutgensDZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany; Mayo Clinic, Dept Cardiovascular Medicine and Immunology, Rochester, MN, USA.
Andreas DaiberDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiology I, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany; Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partnersite Rhine-Main, Mainz, Germany. Electronic address: daiber@uni-mainz.de.
Steffen DaubDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiology I, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of disease burden and death worldwide and is fueled by vascular inflammation. CD40L-CD40-TRAF signaling is involved in the progression of atherosclerosis and drives the development of coronary heart disease (CHD). The present study investigates whether the CD40L-CD40-TRAF6 signaling pathway with focus on immune cells and adipocytes could be a therapeutic target in arterial hypertension. Arterial hypertension was induced in WT (C57BL6/J) and cell-specific CD40(L) knockout mice (AdipoqCre x CD40 fl/fl, CD4Cre x CD40 fl/fl, CD19Cre x CD40 fl/fl, and GP1baCre x CD40L fl/fl) via angiotensin (AT-II) infusion (1 mg/kg/d) for seven days. Hypertensive WT mice were also treated with a CD40-TRAF6 inhibitor (2.5 mg/kg/d, for 7d). The TRAF6 inhibitor treatment normalized endothelial dysfunction and reduced blood pressure in hypertensive wild type animals. Reactive oxygen species production was decreased by TRAF6 inhibition in blood, aorta, heart, kidney, and perivascular fat tissue. Additionally, FACS analysis revealed that TRAF6 inhibition prevents immune cell migration into the aortic vessel wall observed by reduced CD45

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CD40 AntigensHypertensionInflammationOxidative StressTNF Receptor-Associated Factor 6AnimalsDisease Models, AnimalMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutReactive Oxygen SpeciesSignal TransductionCD40 AntigensReactive Oxygen SpeciesTNF Receptor-Associated Factor 6TRAF6 protein, mouseArterial hypertensionBlood pressureCD40(L)-TRAF6 signalingEndothelial functionInflammation

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PMID39899926
PMCPMC11840497

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