Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

The critical role of SENP1-mediated GATA2 deSUMOylation in promoting endothelial activation in graft arteriosclerosis

  • Cong Qiu,
  • Yuewen Wang,
  • Haige Zhao,
  • Lingfeng Qin,
  • Yanna Shi,
  • Xiaolong Zhu,
  • Lin Song,
  • Xiaofei Zhou,
  • Jian Chen,
  • Hong Zhou,
  • Haifeng Zhang,
  • George Tellides,
  • Wang Min,
  • Luyang Yu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15426
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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A major cause of transplanted organ failure is graft arteriosclerosis. Qiuet al. show that a key protease of post-translational SUMO modification, SENP1, is crucial for graft arteriosclerosis by regulating the activity of GATA2 transcription factor in the endothelium, and promoting endothelial inflammation and alloimmunity.