Defective Flow-Migration Coupling Causes Arteriovenous Malformations in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia.
Hyojin ParkJessica FurtadoMathilde PouletMinhwan ChungSanguk YunSungwoon LeeWilliam C SessaClaudio A FrancoMartin A SchwartzAnne EichmannPublished in: Circulation (2021)
Our study reveals ALK1 as an essential driver of flow-induced endothelial cell migration and identifies loss of flow-migration coupling as a driver of arteriovenous malformation formation in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia disease. Integrin-YAP/TAZ signaling blockers are new potential targets to prevent vascular malformations in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.