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ArticleAtherosclerosis2025

Single-cell RNA-sequencing reveals adventitial fibroblast alterations during mouse atherosclerosis.

Lauren E Fries, Allen Chung, Hyun-Kyung Chang, Timothy L Yuan, Robert C Bauer

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Article in Atherosclerosis, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Lauren E FriesCardiometabolic Genomics Program, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Allen ChungCardiometabolic Genomics Program, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Hyun-Kyung ChangCardiometabolic Genomics Program, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Timothy L YuanCardiometabolic Genomics Program, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Robert C BauerCardiometabolic Genomics Program, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: rcb36@cumc.columbia.edu.

Funding

NUTRITIONT32DK007647 · NIDDK · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI Anthony W Ferrante, Lori M Zeltser · 1990 to 2026
$7.4M
Molecular Mechanisms of TRIB1 Regulation of Hepatic MetabolismR01DK134026 · NIDDK · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Robert Clayton Bauer · 2023 to 2026
$2.5M
Regulation of lipoprotein metabolism by adipose-specific Tribbles-1R01HL141745 · NHLBI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI BAUER, ROBERT CLAYTON · 2018 to 2022
$2.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL141745NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK134026NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007647
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAtherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) remains the leading cause of mortality in the western world despite the success of lipid lowering therapies, highlighting the need for novel lipid-independent therapeutic strategies. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified numerous genes associated with ASCVD that function in the vessel wall, suggesting that vascular cells mediate ASCVD, and that the genes and pathways essential for this vascular cell function may be novel therapeutic targets for the treatment of ASCVD. Furthermore, some of these implicated genes appear to function in the adventitial layer of the vasculature, suggesting these cells are able to potentiate ASCVD.

methodsTo investigate the role of adventitial cells in atherosclerosis, we conducted single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) of the aortic adventitia during atherogenesis in male Ldlr

resultsWe identified four adventitial fibroblast populations, all of which displayed shifts in population size and gene expression over the course of atherogenesis. SERPINH1, an ASCVD-linked GWAS gene, was differentially expressed in adventitial fibroblasts during atherogenesis. Knockdown of SERPINH1 in vitro reduced fibroblast migration and altered subcluster marker gene expression.

conclusionsThese findings reveal dynamic changes in adventitial fibroblasts during atherosclerosis and suggest that reduced SERPINH1 expression disrupts adventitial fibroblast function, contributing to ASCVD progression.

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AdventitiaAortic DiseasesAtherosclerosisFibroblastsSingle-Cell AnalysisAnimalsAortaCells, CulturedDisease Models, AnimalHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutReceptors, LDLRNA-SeqReceptors, LDL

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PMID41066799
PMCPMC12614192

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