Hong S. Lu

This study shows that PAI-1 deficiency leads to early cardiac hemorrhage and fibrosis under hemodynamic stress, with mutations in the protease-inhibitory domain causing similar pathology.

This study shows that deleting LRP1 in smooth muscle cells causes infrarenal aortic aneurysms in mice, which can be mitigated by inhibiting hepatocyte-derived angiotensinogen.

This study shows that Angiotensin II exacerbates mitral valve and left atrial pathology in Fbn1C1041G/+ mice, while AGT inhibition does not alter the phenotype.

This study shows that deleting angiotensinogen in hepatocytes protects mice from diet-induced metabolic disorders even under thermoneutral conditions that mimic human metabolism.

This study identifies that adventitial progenitor cells differentiate into elastogenic SMC-like cells, contributing to false lumen remodeling through de novo elastic fiber formation following aortic dissection.

This study shows that AngII infusion worsens aortic pathology in Fbn1C1041G/+ mice, leading to aortic rupture and branch aneurysms.

This study identifies STING-IRF3-mediated epigenetic programming of macrophages as a driver of inflammation in aortic dissection, showing its role in pro-inflammatory bias and therapeutic potential.

This study investigates whether metformin reduces AngII-induced aortic aneurysms in LDLR-/- mice and finds it does not.

This study shows that cilostazol and sildenafil do not prevent BAPN-induced thoracic aortopathy in mice.

The paper examines transcriptomic changes in smooth muscle cells and fibroblasts from different embryonic origins in the proximal thoracic aorta under AngII infusion, finding modest differences between origins.

This study shows that deleting megalin in renal proximal tubule cells does not reduce atherosclerosis but causes tubulointerstitial nephritis in male mice fed a Western diet.

This study shows that myeloid-specific thrombospondin-1 deficiency increases aortic rupture risk by suppressing extracellular matrix proteins and inflammation in aneurysms.

This study shows that BAPN induces distinct aortic pathologies in the ascending and descending thoracic aortas of young mice, with different structural and cellular changes in each region.

This study investigates the functional role of conserved sequences in the loop and β-sheet regions of angiotensinogen, showing that mutations in either region individually have no effect, but combined mutations impair AGT secretion.

This study shows that renal angiotensinogen in nonhuman primates is mainly derived from the liver, as evidenced by reduced renal AGT levels after liver-specific AGT inhibition.

This study shows that GSDMD deficiency prevents aortic rupture in mice induced by AngII or BAPN, without affecting aortic dilation.

This study investigates whether renin-angiotensin inhibition affects ACE2 and TMPRSS2 expression in mice, finding no changes in ACE2 but a decrease in TMPRSS2 in lungs with AGT depletion.

This study shows miR-148a regulates LDL metabolism by suppressing (P)RR expression, which in turn reduces LDLR abundance and cellular LDL uptake.