HDL and reverse cholesterol transport: Basic mechanisms and their roles in vascular health and disease

M Ouimet, TJ Barrett, EA Fisher - Circulation research, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiovascular disease, with atherosclerosis as the major underlying factor, remains the
leading cause of death worldwide. It is well established that cholesterol ester-enriched foam …

Regulation of macrophage immunometabolism in atherosclerosis

GJ Koelwyn, EM Corr, E Erbay, KJ Moore - Nature immunology, 2018 - nature.com
After activation, cells of the myeloid lineage undergo robust metabolic transitions, as well as
discrete epigenetic changes, that can dictate both ongoing and future inflammatory …

ARMH3-mediated recruitment of PI4KB directs Golgi-to-endosome trafficking and activation of the antiviral effector STING

R Fang, Q Jiang, X Jia, Z Jiang - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
The cGAS-STING pathway mediates cytoplasmic DNA-triggered innate immunity. STING
activation is initiated by cyclic-GMP-AMP (cGAMP)-induced translocation from the …

Impact of miRNA in atherosclerosis

Y Lu, T Thavarajah, W Gu, J Cai… - … , thrombosis, and vascular …, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
e160 Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol September 2018 were actively exported to the
cytoplasm with exportin-5 in a Ran-GTP–dependent manner. In the cytoplasm, the transition …

Cholesterol handling in lysosomes and beyond

Y Meng, S Heybrock, D Neculai, P Saftig - Trends in cell biology, 2020 - cell.com
Lysosomes are of major importance for the regulation of cellular cholesterol homeostasis.
Food-derived cholesterol and cholesterol esters contained within lipoproteins are delivered …

microRNA-33 regulates macrophage autophagy in atherosclerosis

M Ouimet, H Ediriweera, MS Afonso… - … and Vascular Biology, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Objective—Defective autophagy in macrophages leads to pathological processes that
contribute to atherosclerosis, including impaired cholesterol metabolism and defective …

Intertwined and finely balanced: endoplasmic reticulum morphology, dynamics, function, and diseases

HT Perkins, V Allan - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is an organelle that is responsible for many essential
subcellular processes. Interconnected narrow tubules at the periphery and thicker sheet-like …

Delivery of MicroRNAs by Chitosan Nanoparticles to Functionally Alter Macrophage Cholesterol Efflux in Vitro and in Vivo

MA Nguyen, H Wyatt, L Susser, M Geoffrion… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) has largely focused on
lowering circulating LDL cholesterol, yet a significant burden of atherosclerotic disease …

Oxysterol-binding protein-related protein 1L regulates cholesterol egress from the endo-lysosomal system

K Zhao, ND Ridgway - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Lipoprotein cholesterol is delivered to the limiting membrane of late endosomes/lysosomes
(LELs) by Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC1). However, the mechanism of cholesterol transport from …

The long noncoding RNA CHROME regulates cholesterol homeostasis in primates

EJ Hennessy, C van Solingen, KR Scacalossi… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The human genome encodes thousands of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), the majority of
which are poorly conserved and uncharacterized. Here we identify a primate-specific …