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ArticleNature communications2026

Flow-mediated endothelial remodeling and inflammation drive developmental vascular susceptibility in ldlr loss of function.

Aryan Kaveh, Antonio G Salazar-Martin, Wei Dai, Aaron P Kithcart, Emily Pan, Ashmita Kc, Tyler R Reinoso, Franki Vetrano-Olsen, Kusumika Saha, Manu Beerens and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Aryan KavehDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. aryan.kaveh@helsinki.fi.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4097-1939
Antonio G Salazar-MartinInstitute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9769-8788
Wei DaiDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6069-9616
Aaron P KithcartDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Emily PanDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9624-6539
Ashmita KcDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8831-5124
Tyler R ReinosoDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Franki Vetrano-OlsenDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Kusumika SahaDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Manu BeerensDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7398-7761
Peter LibbyDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1502-502X
Elazer R EdelmanDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7832-7156
Calum A MacRaeDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. cmacrae@bwh.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5181-2664

Funding

Systematically mapping variant effects for cardiovascular genesR01HL164675 · NHLBI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI ASHLEY, EUAN A, RODEN, DAN M · 2022 to 2025
$8.1M
A community resource for germline and somatic genetic disease modeling in zebrafishR24OD035402 · OD · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Wolfram Goessling, Calum A. MacRae · 2023 to 2026
$3.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL164675NIH HHS R24 OD035402
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atherosclerosis, the leading cause of cardiovascular disease, is associated with aberrant lipid metabolism, endothelial dysfunction, and chronic inflammation, yet its early manifestations and mechanisms remain incompletely understood. As low-density lipoprotein receptor loss of function is the most common monogenic cause of atherosclerosis, we employed low-density lipoprotein receptor knockout (ldlr-/-) zebrafish to investigate the developmental origins of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Single-cell RNA-sequencing under differential flow conditions in embryonic ldlr-/- zebrafish identified a population of disproportionately stressed endothelial cells marked by overexpression of heat shock protein 70 (hsp70). Hsp70 is induced in stressed endothelial cells in a flow-dependent manner in zebrafish and a subset of human endothelial cells, and its activation is associated with disrupted remodeling angiogenesis in vivo. Genetic and pharmacological studies demonstrated that hsp70 upregulation inhibits vascular apoptosis and ciliogenesis, leading to altered angiogenic remodeling. Concurrently, pro-inflammatory processes, including enhanced myelopoiesis and thrombogenicity, are amplified at early stages in ldlr-/- zebrafish, which also exhibit impaired regenerative angiogenesis and heightened neutrophil recruitment post-vascular injury. Our findings reveal how abnormalities in flow-mediated endothelial remodeling and inflammation converge during embryogenesis to drive vascular susceptibility to hemodynamic and other stressors in ldlr loss of function.

Indexed as

AtherosclerosisEndothelium, VascularInflammationReceptors, LDLVascular RemodelingAngiogenesisAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedApoptosisEndothelial CellsHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsHumansZebrafishZebrafish ProteinsHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsReceptors, LDLZebrafish Proteins

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PMID42168212
PMCPMC13388945

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