Flow-dependent epigenetic DNA methylation in endothelial gene expression and atherosclerosis

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1562-1569

  Dunn, Jessilyn ^a   Thabet, Salim ^a   Jo, Hanjoong ^a  

^a Emory University   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; DNA methylation; DNA methyltransferases; endothelial cells; epigenetics; flow; gene expression; shear stress

Indexed keywords

DECITABINE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; GENOMIC DNA; HOX PROTEIN; HOXA5 PROTEIN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 3; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HISTONE;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HEMODYNAMICS; METABOLISM; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTONES; HUMANS;

EID: 84933047793     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.115.305042     Document Type: Article

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