a Department of Pediatric Surgery Union Hospital , Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan , China.
b Department of Geriatrics , Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan , China.
Artif Cells Nanomed Biotechnol. 2018 Jun;46(4):764-772. doi: 10.1080/21691401.2017.1337030. Epub 2017 Jun 16.
At present, with the improvement of living standards and population aging, the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease is on the rise and has been a serious threat to human health. Statistics show that the current death caused by cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease has become the first cause of death has been increasing year by year. Therefore, studies on coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis (AS) have become a hot topic in clinical and basic research. In this study, the question of the effect of Notch signalling pathway on the relationship between endothelial dysfunction and endothelial stromal transformation in AS was studied in depth. Based on our results, we drew conclusions as follows. First, the Notch signalling pathway was activated in the atherosclerotic model; secondly, the Notch signalling pathway was demonstrated to enhance AS by promoting vascular endothelial dysfunction; thirdly, it was demonstrated that the Notch signalling pathway was mediated by promoting endothelial and to enhance AS; finally, we confirmed the endothelial function through the Notch signalling pathway to affect the transformation of endothelial stroma to achieve synergistic AS effect. The results of this study have a good guiding significance for the important role of Notch signalling in AS and indicate the ability to influence endothelial function and endothelial stromal transformation by intervening Notch signalling pathway and can affect the relationship between them, and thus eventually achieve the treatment of AS.
目前,随着生活水平的提高和人口老龄化,心脑血管疾病的发病率呈上升趋势,已严重威胁到人类健康。统计数据显示,目前心血管疾病导致的死亡已成为逐年上升的首要死因。因此,对冠心病和动脉粥样硬化(AS)的研究已成为临床和基础研究的热点。在这项研究中,深入研究了 Notch 信号通路对 AS 中血管内皮功能障碍与内皮间质转化关系的影响。基于我们的研究结果,得出以下结论:首先,在动脉粥样硬化模型中激活了 Notch 信号通路;其次, Notch 信号通路通过促进血管内皮功能障碍来增强 AS;第三,证明 Notch 信号通路通过促进内皮和增强 AS 来介导;最后,通过 Notch 信号通路证实内皮功能影响内皮间质的转化,从而达到协同 AS 的效果。本研究结果对 Notch 信号通路在心脑血管疾病中的重要作用具有良好的指导意义,并表明通过干预 Notch 信号通路影响内皮功能和内皮间质转化的能力,从而影响它们之间的关系,最终达到治疗 AS 的目的。