Histone deacetylases and cardiovascular cell lineage commitment.

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), which include all diseases of the heart and circulation system, are the leading cause of deaths on the globally. During the development of CVDs, choric inflammatory, lipid metabolism disorder and endothelial dysfunction are widely recognized risk factors. Recently, the new treatment for CVDs that designed to regenerate the damaged myocardium and injured vascular endothelium and improve recovery by the use of stem cells, attracts more and more public attention.

RP5-833A20.1/miR-382-5p/NFIA-dependent signal transduction pathway contributes to the regulation of cholesterol homeostasis and inflammatory reaction.

Objective: Cardiovascular disease caused by atherosclerosis is the number one cause of death in Western countries and threatens to become the major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Long noncoding RNAs are emerging as new players in gene regulation, but how long noncoding RNAs operate in the development of atherosclerosis remains unclear.

Approach And Results: Using microarray analysis, we found that long noncoding RNA RP5-833A20.

Nur77 decreases atherosclerosis progression in apoE(-/-) mice fed a high-fat/high-cholesterol diet.

Rationale: It is clear that lipid disorder and inflammation are associated with cardiovascular diseases and underlying atherosclerosis. Nur77 has been shown to be involved in inflammatory response and lipid metabolism.

Objective: Here, we explored the role of Nur77 in atherosclerotic plaque progression in apoE(-/-) mice fed a high-fat/high cholesterol diet.

A lincRNA-DYNLRB2-2/GPR119/GLP-1R/ABCA1-dependent signal transduction pathway is essential for the regulation of cholesterol homeostasis.

Accumulated evidence shows that G protein-coupled receptor 119 (GPR119) plays a key role in glucose and lipid metabolism. Here, we explored the effect of GPR119 on cholesterol metabolism and inflammation in THP-1 macrophages and atherosclerotic plaque progression in apoE(-/-) mice. We found that oxidized LDL (Ox-LDL) significantly induced long intervening noncoding RNA (lincRNA)-DYNLRB2-2 expression, resulting in the upregulation of GPR119 and ABCA1 expression through the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor signaling pathway.

Dihydrocapsaicin Attenuates Plaque Formation through a PPARγ/LXRα Pathway in apoE(-/-) Mice Fed a High-Fat/High-Cholesterol Diet.

Aims: Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease and represents the major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. There is evidence that dihydrocapsaicin (DHC) can exert multiple pharmacological and physiological effects. Here, we explored the effect of DHC in atherosclerotic plaque progression in apoE(-/-) mice fed a high-fat/high-cholesterol diet.

[Progress of Niemann-Pick type C1 Like 1 on cholesterol metabolism].

The polytopic transmembrane protein, Niemann-Pick type C1 Like 1 (NPC1L1), is the key point of exogenous cholesterol absorption and plays an important role in cholesterol metabolism. However, the molecular mechanism of NPC1L1's role in cholesterol uptake remains unclear. NPC1L1 expression is highly regulated by a variety of molecular actors.