Dimmeler and colleagues show that the atheroprotective transcription factor KLF2 activates expression of the microRNAs miR-143/145 in endothelial cells. miR-143/145 are subsequently enriched in secreted microvesicles and taken up by smooth muscle cells to elicit anti-atherogenic responses.
- Eduard Hergenreider
- Susanne Heydt
- Stefanie Dimmeler
