Wenqi Ma

Metformin attenuates hyperlipidaemia-associated vascular calcification through anti-ferroptotic effects

Wenqi Ma, Xuejiao Sun, Yi Zhu et al. · Free Radical Biology and Medicine · 2021 · 157 citations

Metabolic Syndrome, Cardiovascular Disease, Medicine +9

Lactate accelerates vascular calcification through NR4A1-regulated mitochondrial fission and BNIP3-related mitophagy

Yi Zhu, Xiqiong Han, Xuejiao Sun et al. · APOPTOSIS · 2020 · 110 citations

Mitophagy, Bnip3-related Mitophagy, Biochemistry +12

PDK4 promotes vascular calcification by interfering with autophagic activity and metabolic reprogramming

Wenqi Ma, Xuejiao Sun, Yi Zhu et al. · Cell Death and Disease · 2020 · 91 citations · Full text

Restoring mitochondrial biogenesis with metformin attenuates β-GP-induced phenotypic transformation of VSMCs into an osteogenic phenotype via inhibition of PDK4/oxidative stress-mediated apoptosis

Wenqi Ma, Xuejiao Sun, Ying Wang et al. · Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology · 2018 · 89 citations

Mitochondrial Biogenesis, Biochemistry, Mitochondrial Function +8

BDNF-mediated mitophagy alleviates high-glucose-induced brain microvascular endothelial cell injury

Hong Jin, Yi Zhu, Yiping Li et al. · APOPTOSIS · 2019 · 84 citations

Inflammation, Mitophagy, Bdnf-mediated Mitophagy +9