Date Event Title Speaker
01/24/2017 "Smooth muscle cell-specific Tgfbr1 deficiency promotes aortic aneurysm formation by stimulating multiple signaling events" Hisashi Sawada, PhD
01/17/2017 "CITED4 induces physiologic hypertrophy and promotes functional recovery after ischemic injury" Sean Thatcher, PhD
11/29/2016 "Age-Associated Sirtuin 1 Reduction in Vascular Smooth Muscle Links Vascular Senescence and Inflammation to Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm" Lisa Cassis Lab
11/15/2016 "Matricellular protein CCN3 mitigates abdominal aortic aneurysm" Venkateswaran Subramanian Lab
11/08/2016 *Election Day! No Journal Club* *Election Day! No Journal Club*
11/01/2016 "Farnesoid X Receptor Activation Increases Reverse Cholesterol Transport by Modulating Bile Acid Composition and Cholesterol Absorption in Mice" Shuxia Wang Lab
10/25/2016 "microRNA-33 Regulates ApoE Lipidation and Amyloid-β Metabolism in the Brain" Ryan Temel Lab
10/18/2016 "TTC39B deficiency stabilizes LXR reducing both atherosclerosis and steatohepatitis" Nancy Webb Lab
10/11/2016 "Loss of ABCG1 influences regulatory T cell differentiation and atherosclerosis" Xiangan Li Lab
10/04/2016 "VEGFB/VEGFR1-Induced Expansion of Adipose Vasculature Counteracts Obesity and Related Metabolic Complications" Sangderk Lee Lab
09/27/2016 "DC isoketal-modified proteins activate T cells and promote hypertension" Zhenheng Guo Lab
09/20/2016 "The Secreted Enzyme PM20D1 Regulates Lipidated Amino Acid Uncouplers of Mitochondria" Greg Graf Lab
09/13/2016 "Adipocyte in vascular wall can induce the rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm" Ming Gong Lab
09/06/2016 "FOXE3 mutations predispose to thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections" Alan Daugherty Lab
09/06/2016 CVRC Cardiovascular Journal Club
04/19/2016 "FGF21 Lowers Plasma Triglycerides by Accelerating Lipoprotein Catabolism in White and Brown Adipose Tissues" Zhou Lab
04/12/2016 "Genetic Architecture of Atherosclerosis in Mice: A Systems Genetics Analysis of Common Inbred Strains" Webb Lab
04/05/2016 "Rare variant in scavenger receptor BI raises HDL cholesterol and increases risk of coronary heart disease" Temel Lab
03/29/2016 "Attenuation of the unfolded protein response and endoplasmic reticulum stress after mechanical unloading in dilated cardiomyopathy" Satin Lab
03/22/2016 "Immune activation caused by vascular oxidation promotes fibrosis and hypertension" Loria Lab
03/15/2016 No Journal Club UK Spring Break
03/08/2016 "Trim28 Haploinsufficiency Triggers Bi-stable Epigenetic Obesity" Lee Lab
03/01/2016 "Time-Restricted Feeding Is a Preventative and Therapeutic Intervention against Diverse Nutritional Challenges" Guo Lab
02/23/2016 "New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk" Graf Lab
02/16/2016 "Inclusion bodies enriched for p62 and polyubiquitinated proteins in macrophages protect against atherosclerosis" Florin Despa Lab
02/09/2016 "Depletion of fat-resident Treg cells prevents age-associated insulin resistance" Sean Thatcher, PhD
02/02/2016 "Genetic analysis of the contribution of LTBP-3 to thoracic aneurysm in Marfan syndrome" Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc
01/26/2016 "A peptide encoded by a transcript annoated as long noncoding RNA enhances SERCA activity in muscle" Gregory Graf, PhD
12/08/2015 "Increased High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels in Mice With XX Versus XY Sex Chromosomes" Yasir Al-Siraj
12/01/2015 "A deleterious gene-by-environment interaction imposed by calcium channel blockers in Marfan syndrome" Hong Lu, MD, PhD
11/24/2015 No Cardiovascular Journal Club No Journal Club
11/17/2015 "Abnormal mechanosensing and cofilin activation promotes the progression of ascending aoritic aneurysms in mice" Sean Thatcher, PhD
11/03/2015 "MicroRNA-148a regulates LDL receptor and ABCA1 expression to control circulating lipoprotein levels" Ryan Temel, PhD
10/27/2015 "Dissecting abdominal aortic aneurysm in Ang II-infused mice- suprarenal branch ruptures and apparent luminal dilatation" Hong Lu, MD, PhD
10/20/2015 "A Novel Role for Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue in Exercise-Induced Improvements in Glucose Homeostasis" Leryn Reynolds