Vascular Biology - VBIO 9020

Weekly presentation and discussion of recent journal articles that represent an important advance in the field of cardiovascular biology. Students and Postdocs are expected to lead the discussion and answer questions in relation to the paper and field in general.  Specific focus will include "hot" topics and new methodologies related to cardiovascular biology and pathology as they emerge from the literature and how such topics/techniques can be applied to one's own research. The paper discussion will enhance the presentation, problem solving, critical thinking skills of the trainee and his/her ability to provide constructive criticism to improve scientific work.

JC discussions are held in CB-2318 of the Sanders R&E Bldg unless noted otherwise

SPRING 2023

Co-Directors:

photo of Dr. Gabor Csanyi

Dr. Gabor Csanyi

photo of Dr. Vijay Ganta

Dr. Vijay Ganta


Fall 2023

Date Speaker
August 18 Beryl Khakina, PhD Student
Eric Belin de Chantemele Lab
Title: “Angiotensin II–Mediated Neuroinflammation in the Hippocampus Contributes to Neuronal Deficits and Cognitive Impairment in Heart Failure Rats”
Hypertension. 2023;80:1258–1273. DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.123.21070
August 25 Hunter Sellers, PhD Candidate
David Fulton Lab
Title: “Hardwiring tissue-specific AAV transduction in mice through engineered receptor expression"
Nat Methods 20, 1070–1081 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-023-01896-x
September 1 Candee Barris, PhD Candidate
Eric Belin de Chantemele Lab
Title: “Genes That Escape X Chromosome Inactivation Modulate Sex Differences in Valve Myofibroblasts”
Circulation. 2022;145:513–530. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.054108
September 8 Zach Brown, PhD Student
David Fulton Lab
Title: SOX17 Enhancer Variants Disrupt Transcription Factor Binding And Enhancer Inactivity Drives Pulmonary Hypertension
Circulation. 2023;147:1606–1621. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.061940
September 15 Jaser Doja, PhD Candidate
Joe Miano Lab
Title: "Vascular smooth muscle–specific YAP/TAZ deletion triggers aneurysm development in mouse aorta"
JCI Insight. 2023;8(17):e170845. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.170845.
September 22 Md. Selim Hossain, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Masuko Ushio-Fukai Lab
Title: Astrocyte-targeting therapy rescues cognitive impairment caused by neuroinflammation via the Nrf2 pathway”
NPAS. 2023 Aug 15;120(33):e2303809120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2303809120.
September 29 Steve Haigh, PhD Candidate
David Fulton Lab
Title: “Intracellular tPA–PAI-1 interaction determines VLDL assembly in hepatocytes”
Science 381, eadh5207 (2023). DOI:10.1126/science.adh5207
 October 6 Suhib Alhusban, PhD Candidate
Brian Annex Lab
Title: “ATF4 Protects the Heart From Failure by Antagonizing Oxidative Stress”
Circulation Research. 2022;131:91–105. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.122.321050
 October 13 Cody Rosewater, PhD Student
David Stepp Lab
Title: Therapeutic blood-brain barrier modulation and stroke treatment by a bioengineered FZD4-selective WNT surrogate in mice
Nat Commun 14, 2947 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37689-1
 October 20 Ishara M.G. Menik, PhD Student
Eric Belin de Chantemele Lab
Title:“Smooth Muscle Mineralocorticoid Receptor Promotes Hypertension After Preeclampsia”
Circulation Research. 2023;132:674–689. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.122.321228
 October 27 WonMo Ahn, PhD Candidate
Gabor Csanyi Lab
Title: “Macrophage-to-endothelial cell crosstalk by the cholesterol metabolite 27HC promotes atherosclerosis in male mice”
Nat Commun 14, 4101 (2023). DOI.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39586-z
 November 3 Josue Zambrano-Carrasco, PhD Student
Huabo Su Lab
Title: “Missense Mutation in Human CHD4 Causes Ventricular Noncompaction by Repressing ADAMTS1
Circulation Research. 2023;133:48–67. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.122.322223
 November 10 No Journal Club
 November 17 No Journal Club
 November 24 No Journal Club
 December 1 David Kim, PhD Candidate
Neal Weintraub Lab
Title: "BACH1 deficiency prevents neointima formation and maintains the differentiated phenotype of vascular smooth muscle cells by regulating chromatin accessibility"
Nucleic Acids Res. 2023 May 22;51(9):4284-4301 / DOI:10.1093/nar/gkad120
 December 8 Mitch Shivers, PhD Student
David Fulton Lab
Title: 

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 December 15 Chang Min Lee, PhD Student
Jie Li Lab
Title

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 December 22 No Journal Club
 December 29 No Journal Club

Spring 2024

Date Speaker
January 5 Amr Salem, Postdoctoral Fellow
Joe Miano Lab
Title: 

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January 12 Sonia Batan, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Vijay Ganta Lab
Title: 

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 January 19 Zsuzsana Bordan, PhD Candidate
David Fulton Lab
Title: 
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 January 26 Josue Zambrano-Carrasco, PhD Candidate
Jie Li Lab
Title: 
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 February 2 Andrew Speese, PhD Candidate
David Stepp Lab
Title: 
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 February 16 Maryam Rezaei Gazik, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Jie Li Lab
Title: 
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 February 23 Mai Yamamoto, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Tohru Fukai Lab
Title: 
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 March 1  
 March 8 Cody Rosewater, PhD Candidate
David Stepp Lab
Title: 
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 March 15 Rahul Patil, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Alexander Verin Lab
Title: 
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 March 22 Zach Brown, PhD Candidate
David Fulton Lab
Title: 
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 March 29 Beryl Khakina, PhD Student
Eric Belin de Chantemele Lab
Title: 
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April 5 No Journal Club
April 12 Chang Min Lee, PhD Student
Huabo Su Lab
Title: 
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April 19 Mitch Shivers, PhD Student
David Fulton Lab
Title: 
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April 26 Mohamed Nofal, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Brian Annex Lab
Title: 
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May 3 Ishara M.G. Menik, PhD Student
Eric Belin de Chantemele Lab
Title: 
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May 10 Maria Blahove, PhD Student
Gabor Csanyi Lab
Title: 
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May 17 Sadikul Islam, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Huabo Su Lab
Title: 
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Past Years

 

Date Speaker
August 18 Hunter Sellers, PhD Candidate
Brian Annex Lab
Title: "Endothelial S1pr2 regulates post-ischemic angiogenesis via AKT/eNOS signaling pathway"
Theranostics 2022,12(11): 5172-5188. doi: 10.7150/thno.71585
January 13 Taylor Kress, PhD Candidate
Eric Belin de Chantemele Lab
Title: "Circulating Spike Protein Detected in Post–COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Myocarditis"
Circulation. 2023;147:00–00. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.061025
January 20 Yoichi Ono, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Eric Belin de Chantemele Lab
Title: "Praliciguat Promotes Ischemic Leg Reperfusion in Leptin Receptor-Deficient Mice"
Circulation Research. 2023;132:34–48. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.122.322033
January 27 Zach Brown, Graduate Student
David Fulton Lab
Title: "Eliminating Senescent Cells Can Promote Pulmonary Hypertension Development and Progression
Circulation. 2023;147:00–00. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.058794
February 3 Maria Blahove, Graduate Student
Gabor Csanyi Lab
Title: "Granulocyte microvesicles with a high plasmin generation capacity promote clot lysis and improve outcome in septic shock"
Blood. 2022 Apr 14;139(15):2377-2391 | DOI: 10.1182/blood.2021013328
February 10 Mitch Shivers, Graduate Student
David Fulton Lab
Title: Calciprotein Particles Induce Endothelial Dysfunction by Impairing Endothelial Nitric Oxide Metabolism”
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2023;43:00–00. DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.122.318420
February 17 Cody Rosewater, Graduate Student
David Stepp Lab
Title: "Tyrosine-protein kinase Yes controls endothelial junctional plasticity and barrier integrity by regulating VE-cadherin phosphorylation and endocytosis"
Nat Cardiovasc Res. Vol 1:1156–1173 / doi.org/10.1038/s44161-022-00172-z
February 24 Josue Zambrano-Carrasco, Graduate Student
Huabo Su Lab
Title: “Changes in nuclear pore numbers control nuclear import and stress response of mouse hearts”
Developmental Cell 57, 2397–2411 / doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2022.09.017
March 3 Adeel Zaidi, PhD, Assistant Research Scientist
Ruth Caldwell Lab
Title: "HIF-1a accumulation in response to transient hypoglycemia may worsen diabetic eye disease"
Cell Reports. 42(1)111976 | doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111976
March 10 Canceled
March 17 No Journal Club  - Graduate Research Day Events (3/16-3/17)
March 24 Shikha Yadav, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Masuko Ushio-Fukai Lab
Title: "Bone marrow endothelial dysfunction promotes myeloid cell expansion in cardiovascular disease"
Nat Cardiovasc Res 1, 28–44 (2022) | doi.org/10.1038/s44161-021-00002-8
March 31 Karl Diaz-Sanders, Graduate Student
Jennifer Sullivan Lab
Title: “CAR T cells produced in vivo to treat cardiac injury”
Science 375, 91–96 (2022) | DOI: 10.1126/science.abm0594
April 7 No Journal Club - Spring Break
April 14 Anil Sakamuri, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Ben Ogola Lab
Title: "Flavonifractorplautii Protects Against Elevated Arterial Stiffness"
Circ. Res. 2023;132:167–181. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.122.321975
April 21 No Journal Club 
April 28 Sheela Nagarkoti PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Masuko Ushio-Fukai and Tohru Fukai Labs
Title: “Lactate promotes endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition via Snail1 lactylation after  myocardial infarction
Sci. Adv., 9 (5), eadc9465. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adc9465
May 5 Anita Kovacs-Kasa, PhD, Assistant Research Scientist
Brian Annex Lab
Title: “MicroRNA‑375 repression of Kruppel‑like  factor 5 improves angiogenesis in diabetic critical limb ischemia"
Angiogenes
is (2023) 26:107–127 | doi.org/10.1007/s10456-022-09856-3
May 12 RESCHEDULED
Yusra Zaidi, PhD,
 Postdoctoral Fellow
Brian Stansfield Lab
May 19 Tongfeng Cai, Visiting Scholar
Yuqing Hou Lab
Title: “The age of bone marrow dictates the clonality of smooth muscle-derived cells in atherosclerotic plaques”
Nature Aging | Volume 3 | January 2023 | 64–81 | DOI.org/10.1038/s43587-022-00342-5
May 26 Chen Qu, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Huabo Su Lab
Title: Polycomb Group Protein CBX7 Represses Cardiomyocyte Proliferation Through Modulation of the TARDBP/RBM38 Axis”
Circ. 2023;147:00–00. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.061131
June 2  Chang Min Lee, Graduate Student
Jie Li Lab
Title: "The UFM1 system regulates ER-phagy through the ufmylation of CYB5R3"
Nat. Comm. (2022) 13:7857 | DOI.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35501-0
June 9 Yusra Zaidi, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Brian Stansfield Lab
Title: "Reducing Akt2 in retinal pigment epithelial cells causes a compensatory increase in Akt1 and attenuates diabetic retinopathy"
Nat Comm | ( 2022) 13:6045 | doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33773-0

Date Speaker
August 19 Hunter Sellers, PhD Candidate
David Fulton Lab 
Title: "Oocytes maintain ROS-free mitochondrial metabolis by suppressing complex I"
Nature 607:756-761. 2022 / DOI.org/10.1038s41586-022-04979-5
August 26 Brandee Goo, MD/PhD Candidate
Neal Weintraub Lab
Title: "Extracellular Vesicle-based interorgan transport of mitochondria from energetically stressed adiposytes"
Cell Metabolism 33:1853-1868 / DOI.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2021.08.002
September 2 Zsuzsanna Bordan, PhD Candidate
David Fulton Lab
Title: "Chitinase 3-like-1 contributes to the development of pulmonary vascular remodeling in pulmonary hypertension"
JCI Insight.2022 / DOI.org/10.1172/jci.insight.159578 
September 9 Drew Speese, PhD Candidate
David Stepp Lab
Title: "Somatic mutations in single human cardiomyocytes reveal age-associated DNA damage and widespread oxidative genotoxicity"
Nat Aging 2, 714-725.2022 / DOI.org/10.1038/s43587-022-00261-5
September 16 Steve Haigh, PhD Candidate
David Fulton Lab
Title: "Dichotomous Roles of Smooth Muscle Cell-Derived MCP1 (Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein 1) in Development of Atherosclerosis"
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2022;42:942-956 / DOI.10.1164/ATVBAHA.122.347882
September 23 Jaser Doja, Graduate Student
Joe Miano Lab
Title: "Spatial multi-omic map of human myocardial infarction"
Nature.608,766-777(2022) / DOI.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05060-x
September 30 WonMo Ahn, Graduate Student
Gabor Csanyi Lab
Title: "The Amino Acid homoarginine Inhibits Atherogenesis by Modulating T-Cell Function"
Circulation Research. 2022;131:00-00 / DOI:10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.122.321094
October 7 Candee Barris, Graduate Student
Eric Belin de Chantemele Lab
Title: "Hematopoietic loss of Y chromosome leads to cardiac fibrosis and heart failure mortality"
Science 377:292-297 / DOI:10.1126/science.abn3100
October 14 David Kim, MD/PhD Candidate
Neal Weintraub Lab
Title: "Inhibition of macrophage histone demethylase JMJD3 protects against abdominal aortic aneurysms"
J. Exp. Med. 2021. 218(6):1-19.DOI:org/10.1084/jem.20201839
October 21 Ragheb Harb, MD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Neal Weintraub Lab
Title: "Inhibition of macrophage histone demethylas JMJD3 protects against abdominal aortic aneurysms"
J. Exp. Med.2021.218(6):1-19.DOI:org/10.1084/jem.20201839
October 28 Maria Blahove, Graduate Student
Gabor Csanyi Lab
Title: "Extracellular Vesicles From Epicardial Fat Facilitate Atrial Fibrillation"
Circulation. 2021;143:2475–2493.DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.052009
November 4 NO Journal Club
November 11 Zach Brown, Graduate Student
David Fulton Lab
Title: "Directed evolution of a family of AAV capsid variants enabling potent muscle-directed gene delivery across species"
Cell. 2021 Sept 16;184(19):4919-4938.e22 / DOI:10.1016/j.cell.2021.08.028.
November 18 Josue Zambrano-Carrasco, Graduate Student
Huabo Su Lab
Title: "PRDM16 Is a Compact Myocardium-Enriched Transcription Factor Required to Maintain Compact Myocardial Cardiomyocyte Identity in Left Ventricle"
Circulation. 2022;145:586–602.DOI:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.056666
November 25 NO Journal Club
December 2 Cody Rosewater, Graduate Student
David Stepp Lab
Title: Cardioprotective factors against myocardial infarction selected in vivo from an AAV secretome library"
Sci. Transl. Med.14(660),eabo0699 / science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.abo0699
December 9 Mitch Shivers, Graduate Student
David Fulton Lab
Title:  “Robust genome editing in adult vascular endothelium by nanoparticle delivery of  CRISPR-Cas9 plasmid DNA”
Cell Reports 38, Jan 2, 2022 / https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2021.110196
December 16 Karl Diaz-Sanders, Graduate Student
Jennifer Sullivan Lab
Title: "miR-33 Silencing Reprograms the Immune Cell Landscape in Atherosclerotic Plaques"
Circ Res. 2021 April 16; 128(8):1122-1138. DOI:10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.120.317914
December 23 and 30 NO Journal Club