Atheroprone fluid shear stress-regulated ALK1-Endoglin-SMAD signaling originates from early endosomes.
Paul-Lennard MendezLeon ObendorfJerome JatzlauWiktor BurdzinskiMaria ReichenbachVanasa NageswaranArash HaghikiaVerena StanglChristian HiepenPetra KnausPublished in: BMC biology (2022)
We identified Endoglin to be essential in preventing excessive activation of SMAD1/5 under physiological flow conditions and Caveolin-1-positive early endosomes as a new flow-regulated signaling compartment for BMP9-ALK1-Endoglin signaling axis in atheroprone flow conditions.