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Table 3 Roles of DNMTs in hemodynamics-modulated endothelial function and dysfunction

From: Atherosclerosis and flow: roles of epigenetic modulation in vascular endothelium

 

DNMTs

Target

Affected molecule

EC dysfunction/function

Ref

Pro-atherogenic OS

DNMT3a↑

KLF4↓

MCP-1↑

Inflammation

124

  

Thrombomodulin↓

Inflammation

124

  

NOS3↓

NO repression

124

DNMT1↑

HoxA5↓

Monocyte adhesion-related genes↑

Inflammation

125

 

?

VCAM-1↑

Inflammation

127

 

?

ICAM-1↑

Inflammation

127

 

CTGF↑

Monocyte adhesion-related genes↑

Inflammation

127

 

?

PCNA↑

Proliferation

127

 

CyclinA↑

?

Proliferation

127