InFocus - Marfan Syndrome

Description

Presentations will include: 

"A new aortic aneurysm rupture mouse model caused by the FBN1Q2467X nonsense mutation in Marfan Syndrome"
Shichao Wu, Wayne State University

"The potential protective role of FBN1 deficiency-induced miR146b-5p in aneurysm progression through inhibiting the expression of MMP16, TRAF6 and IRAK1."
Darshi Hemani, Wayne State University

"Epigenetic control of smooth muscle cell phenotypic alterations in aortic aneurysm and dissection"
Abhijit Chakraborty, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine

"Zinc-Finger Protein 148(ZFP148) Attenuates Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotypic Cell Transitions during Chronic Aortic Aneurysm Formation and Rupture"
Morgan Salmon, Ph.D., University of Michigan

This InFocus Session is sponsored by the NAVBO Online Program Committee and organized by Rolando A Cuevas, University of Pittsburgh.