#SmoothMuscleCell m6A Epitranscriptomics
METTL14 ⬆️in 🐭 #ThoracicAorticAneurysm (AngII+HFD) or erastin-treated SMC
Liproxstatin-1 or AAV-shMettl14⏬🐭TAA
METTL14-IGF2BP2 stabilizes ACSL4 mRNA➡️
SMC #Ferroptosis
SRAMP➡️m6A site prediction
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#m6A #SmoothMuscleCell #Ferroptosis #ThoracicAorticAneurysm
#AortaEd
🐭TAA (ANGII+hi cholest diet)➡️
⏫arterial MDA iron
⏬GSH GPX4 SLC7A11
⏫ASCL4
rescued by Liproxstatin-1 or shMETTL14
METTL14/IGF2BP2➡️m6A stabilize ACSL4 mRNA➡️SMC ferroptosis
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My continued biomedical education
#MASLD #MASH
Pathophysiological underpinnings of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease
Gut (microbiota)-liver axis
#HepaticStellateCell #Pericyte #YAP/TAZ #GLutaminolysis #Fibrosis
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Itga8-CreERT2 also impacts Bladder #SmoothMuscleCell
Itga8+ SMC #YAP/TAZ KO in Detrusor (8 wks)->
⏬Myocardin+Contractile gene transcription
⏬Rbpms/Rbfox2/Mbnl1->⏬SMC splicing events
Unlike Y/T-KO arterial SMCs, No chondrogenesis
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