Comparative Transcriptomics of Ex Vivo, Patient-Derived Endothelial Cells Reveals Novel Pathways Associated With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Joshua A. Beckman, Sean P. Doherty, Zachary B. Feldman, Emily S. Banks, Javid Moslehi, Iris Z. Jaffe, Naomi M. Hamburg, Quanhu Sheng, Jonathan D. Brown

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Abstract

In this study low-input RNA-sequencing was used to annotate the molecular identity of endothelial cells isolated and immunopurified with CD144 microbeads. Using this technique, comparative gene expression profiling from healthy subjects and patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus identified both known and novel pathways linked with EC dysfunction. Modeling of diabetes by treating cultured ECs with high glucose identified shared changes in gene expression in diabetic cells. Overall, the data demonstrate how purified ECs from patients can be used to generate new hypotheses about mechanisms of human vascular disease.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)567-574
Number of pages8
JournalJACC: Basic to Translational Science
Volume4
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • diabetes mellitus
  • endothelial cell dysfunction
  • endothelial cells
  • gene expression

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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