Qiheng He, Junsheng Li, Chuming Tao, Chaofan Zeng, Chenglong Liu, Zhiyao Zheng, Siqi Mou, Wei Liu, Bojian Zhang, Xiaofan Yu, Yuanren Zhai, Jia Wang, Qian Zhang, Yan Zhang, Dong Zhang, Jizong Zhao, Peicong Ge
At present, there is limited research on the mechanisms underlying moyamoya disease (MMD). Herein, we aimed to determine the role of glutamine in MMD pathogenesis, and 360 adult patients were prospectively enrolled. Human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMECs) were subjected to Integrin Subunit Beta 4 (ITGB4) overexpression or knockdown and atorvastatin. We assessed factors associated with various signaling pathways in the context of the endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndMT), and the expression level of related proteins was validated in the superficial temporal arteries of patients...
May 2024: MedComm