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Notch1 gene promoter methylation promotes phenotypic transformation and functional alteration of VSMCs to regulate acute type A aortic dissection.
Biochimica et biophysica acta. General subjects - 1 Jun 2026
Liu Hui, Yuan Zhaoshun, Zhang Zhiyuan, Tang Liang, Shen Kangjun
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Acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) is a life-threatening cardiovascular emergency. A key driver of disease progression is dysfunction of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), whose loss of contractile phenotype and increased matrix degradation contribute to aortic wall weakening. Aberrant DNA methylation patterns have been observed in thoracic aortic disease and linked to VSMCs dysfunction and extracellular...
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