Research progress of endothelial mesenchymal transition in cardiovascular disease / 医学研究生学报

ABSTRACT

Recent studies have demonstrated that endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition ( EndMT) plays a pivotal role in the cardiovascular system, spanning cardiovascular development through to cardiovascular diseases (CVD).In this review, we describe the common signaling mechanisms that promote EndMT participating in the pathological process of CVD, and we discuss how these in-tracellular cascades participate in crosstalk to integrate cues to reverse EndMT, which potentially may provide novel therapeutic oppor-tunities for CVD.