Angiocrine FSTL1 insufficiency leads to atrial and vein wall fibrosis via SMAD3 activation
Haijuan Jiang, Luqing Zhang, Xuelian Liu, Wei Sun, Katsuhiro Kato, Chuankai Chen, Xiao Li, Taotao Li, Zhiliang Sun, Wencan Han, Fujing Zhang, Qi Xiao, Zhongzhou Yang, Junhao Hu, Zhihai Qin, , Yulong He
This study shows that loss of endothelial FSTL1 causes atrial and vein wall fibrosis through SMAD3 activation, leading to heart failure.
Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology · Feb 13, 2020Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology