Sizhao Lu

Differentiated Smooth Muscle Cells Generate a Subpopulation of Resident Vascular Progenitor Cells in the Adventitia Regulated by Klf4

Mark W. Majesky, Henrick Horita, Allison C. Ostriker et al. · Circulation Research · 2016 · 201 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology +15

Smooth muscle–derived progenitor cell myofibroblast differentiation through KLF4 downregulation promotes arterial remodeling and fibrosis

Sizhao Lu, Austin Jolly, Keith A. Strand et al. · JCI Insight · 2020 · 55 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +17

Alcohol Activates TGF-Beta but Inhibits BMP Receptor-Mediated Smad Signaling and Smad4 Binding to Hepcidin Promoter in the Liver

Lisa Nicole Gerjevic, Na Liu, Sizhao Lu et al. · International Journal of Hepatology · 2011 · 52 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +17

PTEN deficiency promotes pathological vascular remodeling of human coronary arteries

Karen S. Moulton, Marcella Li, Keith A. Strand et al. · JCI Insight · 2018 · 44 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Molecular Genetics +16

PTEN (Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog) Protects Against Ang II (Angiotensin II)-Induced Pathological Vascular Fibrosis and Remodeling—Brief Report

Sizhao Lu, Keith A. Strand, Marie F Mutryn et al. · Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology · 2019 · 44 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Cardiology, Pathobiology +16