Mereena George Ushakumary
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Recent Articles
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Titus A, Ushakumary M, Venugopal H, Wang M, Lakatta E, Kailasam S
Int J Mol Sci
. 2023 Jan;
24(1).
PMID: 36614028
Molecular mechanisms underlying the diverse therapeutic effects of anti-diabetic metformin, beyond its anti-hyperglycaemic effects, remain largely unclear. Metformin is reported to reduce the long-term complications of diabetes, including cardiovascular fibrosis...
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Riccetti M, Ushakumary M, Waltamath M, Green J, Snowball J, Dautel S, et al.
JCI Insight
. 2022 Feb;
7(5).
PMID: 35113810
Infants born prematurely worldwide have up to a 50% chance of developing bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), a clinical morbidity characterized by dysregulated lung alveolarization and microvascular development. It is known that...
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Titus A, Venugopal H, Ushakumary M, Wang M, Cowling R, Lakatta E, et al.
Int J Mol Sci
. 2021 Sep;
22(17).
PMID: 34502259
This study probed the largely unexplored regulation and role of fibronectin in Angiotensin II-stimulated cardiac fibroblasts. Using gene knockdown and overexpression approaches, Western blotting, and promoter pull-down assay, we show...
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Ushakumary M, Riccetti M, Perl A
Stem Cells Transl Med
. 2021 Feb;
10(7):1021-1032.
PMID: 33624948
Developing, regenerating, and repairing a lung all require interstitial resident fibroblasts (iReFs) to direct the behavior of the epithelial stem cell niche. During lung development, distal lung fibroblasts, in the...
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Ushakumary M, Wang M, V H, Titus A, Zhang J, Liu L, et al.
PLoS One
. 2019 Dec;
14(12):e0225911.
PMID: 31805124
Collagen accumulation and remodeling in the vascular wall is a cardinal feature of vascular fibrosis that exacerbates the complications of hypertension, aging, diabetes and atherosclerosis. With no specific therapy available...