Cardiovascular Journal Club Archive of Previous Meetings

Date Event Title Speaker
12/10/2025 Cancelled - Have A Good Break!
12/03/2025 Neuronal conversion of single-chain tissue-type plasminogen activator into its two-chain form: implications in neurodevelopment, learning, and memory Melissa Jauquet
11/26/2025 Cancelled - Thanksgiving Break
11/19/2025 Interplay Between Thrombospondin-1 and CD36 Modulates Platelet–RBC Interaction in Thrombosis and Abdominal Aneurysm Formation Shayan Mohammadmoradi
11/12/2025 Epigenetic Induction of Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotypic Alterations in Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections Abdalla Lawag
11/05/2025 G Protein–Coupled Receptor Kinase 3 Exacerbates Diabetic Heart Injuries Through Direct Phosphorylation of Cannabinoid Receptor 2 in Humans and Mice Meredith Campbell
10/29/2025 miR-3154: Novel Pathogenic and Therapeutic Target in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Seth Brunner
10/22/2025 IGFBP2 Mediates Human iPSC-Cardiomyocyte Proliferation in a Cellular Contact-Dependent Manner Sandra Miranda Sardon
10/15/2025 PCSK9 Regulates Cardiac Mitochondrial Cholesterol by Promoting TSPO Degradation Dien Ye
10/08/2025 Ponatinib, But Not the New Abl-Kinase Inhibitor Asciminib, Activates Platelets, Leukocytes, and Endothelial Cell TNF Signaling to Induce Atherosclerotic Plaque Inflammation, Myocardial Infarction, and Stroke Jimmy Xue
10/01/2025 An atypical atherogenic chemokine that promotes advanced atherosclerosis and hepatic lipogenesis Garrett Anspach
09/24/2025 Antagonism of the complement receptor reduces oxidative stress and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 activity in the aortas of mice with angiotensin-II-induced hypertension Laura Molezini
09/17/2025 FITM2 deficiency results in ER lipid accumulation, ER stress, and reduced apolipoprotein B lipidation and VLDL triglyceride secretion in vitro and in mouse liver Raj Neupane
09/10/2025 Loss of Hepatic Angiotensinogen Attenuates Diastolic Dysfunction in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Alex Pettey
09/03/2025 No Journal Club - Fredrickson Lipid Research Conference TBA
08/27/2025 Graf Lab TBA
05/07/2025 No Meeting - UK Finals
04/30/2025 Tetraspanin CD37 regulates platelet hyperreactivity and thrombosis Elizabeth Driehaus
04/23/2025 No Meeting - Vascular Discovery
04/16/2025 Cancelled Luke Meredith
04/09/2025 CD4+ T Cells Expressing Viral Proteins Induce HIV-Associated Endothelial Dysfunction and Hypertension Through Interleukin 1α–Mediated Increases in Endothelial NADPH Oxidase 1 Jimmy Xue
04/02/2025 The RNA-binding protein RBPMS inhibits smooth muscle cell–driven vascular remodeling in atherosclerosis and vascular injury Liyuan Zhu
03/26/2025 Inhibition of fatty acid uptake by TGR5 prevents diabetic cardiomyopathy Dien Ye
03/19/2025 No Meeting - UK Spring Break
03/12/2025 Apolipoprotein A1 and high-density lipoprotein limit low-density lipoprotein transcytosis by binding SR-B1 Clairity Voy
03/05/2025 Circadian Dysfunction in the Skeletal Muscle Impairs Limb Perfusion and Muscle Regeneration in Peripheral Artery Disease Meredith Campbell
02/26/2025 SLC44A2 regulates vascular smooth muscle cell phenotypic switching and aortic aneurysm Abdalla Lawag
02/19/2025 Cancelled Due to Weather Dien Ye
02/12/2025 NFĸB signaling drives myocardial injury via CCR2+ macrophages in a preclinical model of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy Alex Pettey
02/05/2025 Oncogenic fatty acid oxidation senses circadian disruption in sleep-deficiency-enhanced tumorigenesis Xufang Mu
01/29/2025 Pla2g12b drives expansion of triglyceriderich lipoproteins Olivia Hage
01/22/2025 SGLT2 inhibition alters substrate utilization and mitochondrial redox in healthy and failing rat hearts Gregory Graf
12/11/2024 ASGR1 Deficiency Inhibits Atherosclerosis in Western Diet-Fed ApoE-/- Mice by Regulating Lipoprotein Metabolism and Promoting Cholesterol Efflux Luke Meredith
12/04/2024 Intrinsic GATA4 expression sensitizes the aortic root to dilation in a Loeys–Dietz syndrome mouse model Sohei Ito
11/27/2024 Thanksgiving Break - No Meeting