Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of macrophages in atherosclerosis

T Kuznetsova, KHM Prange, CK Glass… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Monocytes and macrophages provide defence against pathogens and danger signals.
These cells respond to stimulation in a fast and stimulus-specific manner by utilizing …

Microanatomy of the human atherosclerotic plaque by single-cell transcriptomics

MAC Depuydt, KHM Prange, L Slenders, T Örd… - Circulation …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Atherosclerotic lesions are known for their cellular heterogeneity, yet the
molecular complexity within the cells of human plaques has not been fully assessed …

[PDF][PDF] A defective pentose phosphate pathway reduces inflammatory macrophage responses during hypercholesterolemia

J Baardman, SGS Verberk, KHM Prange… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Metabolic reprogramming has emerged as a crucial regulator of immune cell activation, but
how systemic metabolism influences immune cell metabolism and function remains to be …

Atherogenic lipoprotein (a) increases vascular glycolysis, thereby facilitating inflammation and leukocyte extravasation

JG Schnitzler, RM Hoogeveen, L Ali… - Circulation …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Patients with elevated levels of lipoprotein (a)[Lp (a)] are hallmarked by
increased metabolic activity in the arterial wall on positron emission tomography/computed …

[HTML][HTML] Macrophage ATP citrate lyase deficiency stabilizes atherosclerotic plaques

J Baardman, SGS Verberk, S Van der Velden… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Macrophages represent a major immune cell population in atherosclerotic plaques and play
central role in the progression of this lipid-driven chronic inflammatory disease. Targeting …

[HTML][HTML] MLL-AF9 and MLL-AF4 oncofusion proteins bind a distinct enhancer repertoire and target the RUNX1 program in 11q23 acute myeloid leukemia

KHM Prange, A Mandoli, T Kuznetsova, SY Wang… - Oncogene, 2017 - nature.com
In 11q23 leukemias, the N-terminal part of the mixed lineage leukemia (MLL) gene is fused
to> 60 different partner genes. In order to define a core set of MLL rearranged targets, we …

[HTML][HTML] Cell-specific and divergent roles of the CD40L-CD40 axis in atherosclerotic vascular disease

M Lacy, C Bürger, A Shami, M Ahmadsei… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Atherosclerosis is a major underlying cause of cardiovascular disease. Previous studies
showed that inhibition of the co-stimulatory CD40 ligand (CD40L)-CD40 signaling axis …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell T cell receptor sequencing of paired human atherosclerotic plaques and blood reveals autoimmune-like features of expanded effector T cells

MAC Depuydt, FH Schaftenaar, KHM Prange… - Nature Cardiovascular …, 2023 - nature.com
Atherosclerosis is a lipid-driven chronic inflammatory disease; however, whether it can be
classified as an autoimmune disease remains unclear. In this study, we applied single-cell T …

Potent lipoprotein (a) lowering following apolipoprotein (a) antisense treatment reduces the pro-inflammatory activation of circulating monocytes in patients with …

LCA Stiekema, KHM Prange… - European heart …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Aims Elevated lipoprotein (a)[Lp (a)] is strongly associated with an increased
cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. We previously reported that pro-inflammatory activation …

[PDF][PDF] Intersecting single-cell transcriptomics and genome-wide association studies identifies crucial cell populations and candidate genes for atherosclerosis

L Slenders, LPL Landsmeer, K Cui… - … heart journal open, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Aims Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have discovered hundreds of common
genetic variants for atherosclerotic disease and cardiovascular risk factors. The translation of …