Editorial - October 2019

Dear members of the ESC Working Group on Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology,

We are a growing community within the ESC reuniting clinicians and researchers by a common interest in vascular biology. I would especially like to welcome the new members of the Working Group and thank you for your patience, since I know some of you have experienced delays for this.

In this newsletter you will find highlights from the recent ESC congress, and also some recommended reading from the latest discoveries in atherosclerosis and vascular biology.

I am looking forward to the new academic year with the Working Group, and I encourage you to contact me, or someone in the Nucleus, if you have any ideas, comments or suggestions on the Working Group activities.

On behalf of the Working Group Nucleus,

Magnus Bäck

Chair WG Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology

ESC Congress 2019 highlights

• Application of single‑cell genomics in cardiovascular research
• Tackling the inflammatory side of atherosclerosis
• Beyond lipid lowering: can atherosclerosis be reversed?
• Late Breaking Basic and Translational Science Atherosclerosis and Aortic Stenosis
• Novel insights in atherosclerosis

Publications

Our selection of recommended reading this month includes:

• Adipose tissue-derived WNT5A regulates vascular redox signaling in obesity via USP17/RAC1-mediated activation of NADPH oxidases. Sci Transl Med. 2019 Sep 18;11(510).
• A novel machine learning-derived radiotranscriptomic signature of perivascular fat improves cardiac risk prediction using coronary CT angiography. Eur Heart J. 2019 Sep 3. pii: ehz592. 

And make sure to read our Papers of the Month commented by Sokrates Stein, PhD:

• Macrophage NCOR1 protects from atherosclerosis by repressing a pro-atherogenic PPARγ signature

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