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- Title
Activating transcription factor 3 in cardiovascular diseases: a potential therapeutic target.
- Authors
Zhou, Heng; Li, Ning; Yuan, Yuan; Jin, Ya-Ge; Guo, Haipeng; Deng, Wei; Tang, Qi-Zhu
- Abstract
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the primary causes of death worldwide. Among the numerous signaling molecules involved in CVDs, transcriptional factors directly influence gene expression and play a critical role in regulating cell function and the development of diseases. Activating transcription factor (ATF) 3 is an adaptive-response gene in the ATF/cAMP responsive element-binding (CREB) protein family of transcription factors that acts as either a repressor or an activator of transcription via the formation of homodimers or heterodimers with other ATF/CREB members. A appropriate ATF3 expression is important for the normal physiology of cells, and dysfunction of ATF3 is associated with various pathophysiological responses such as inflammation, apoptosis, oxidative stress and endoplasmic reticulum stress, and diseases, including CVDs. This review focuses on the role of ATF3 in cardiac hypertrophy, heart failure, atherosclerosis, ischemic heart diseases, hypertension and diabetes mellitus to provide a novel therapeutic target for CVDs.
- Subjects
CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; TRANSCRIPTION factors; GENE expression; CARDIAC hypertrophy; ATHEROSCLEROSIS
- Publication
Basic Research in Cardiology, 2018, Vol 113, Issue 5, p1
- ISSN
0300-8428
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00395-018-0698-6