Nature Communications (Aug 2017)

SRSF1 promotes vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation through a Δ133p53/EGR1/KLF5 pathway

  • Ning Xie,
  • Min Chen,
  • Rilei Dai,
  • Yan Zhang,
  • Hanqing Zhao,
  • Zhiming Song,
  • Lufeng Zhang,
  • Zhenyan Li,
  • Yuanqing Feng,
  • Hua Gao,
  • Li Wang,
  • Ting Zhang,
  • Rui-Ping Xiao,
  • Jianxin Wu,
  • Chun-Mei Cao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16016
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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The hyperproliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells underlies many vascular diseases. Here Xieet al. show that the splicing factor SRSF1 is an endogenous stimulator of human and mouse aortic smooth muscle cell proliferation via the Δ133p53/EGR1/KLF5 signalling axis, identifying potential therapeutic targets for vascular proliferative disorders.