Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2025, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (24): 5171-5178.doi: 10.12307/2025.724

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Role of Siblings protein family in cardiovascular diseases

Chen Jinjie1, Li Geng1, Jiang Yefan2   

  1. 1Department of Heart and Great Vessels Surgery, Wuhan Union Hospital, Wuhan 430022, Hubei Province, China; 2Department of Heart and Great Vessels Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
  • Received:2024-08-13 Accepted:2024-10-22 Online:2025-08-28 Published:2025-01-24
  • Contact: Li Geng, Doctoral candidate, Attending physician, Department of Heart and Great Vessels Surgery, Wuhan Union Hospital, Wuhan 430022, Hubei Province, China
  • About author:Chen Jinjie, Doctoral candidate, Attending physician, Department of Heart and Great Vessels Surgery, Wuhan Union Hospital, Wuhan 430022, Hubei Province, China
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 8170020715

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Siblings family protein is an exocrine protein family, which can be secreted into the extracellular matrix by a variety of cells and is adhered to extracellular matrix collagen, and in turn it will act on the cells, resulting in corresponding physiological and pathological effects. 
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the current research on the effects of Siblings family protein on cardiovascular diseases.
METHODS: The relevant literature was searched in PubMed, Web of Science, Engineering Village and CNKI databases by computer from January 2008 to March 2024. The search terms were “Current research status, Siblings, Siblings protein family, Cardiovascular, Cardiovascular diseases” in Chinese and English. According to the inclusion criteria, search results were screened and excluded, and finally 76 papers were included for review and analysis.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) Siblings family proteins play a significant role in various cardiovascular diseases, which has great research potentials especially in valvular calcification and vascular sclerosis. (2) Some Siblings family proteins can deposit calcium salts to form hydroxyapatite core that starts to form microcalcification nodules. Moreover, they can promote positive feedback mechanism of osteoblast-like differentiation by binding RGD peptide and integrin receptors on the cell surface, and increase the expression of Siblings family proteins. (3) Integrin receptor can be a potential target for the treatment of cardiovascular calcification diseases. Clinically, calcification process can be delayed by blocking integrin receptor.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:组织构建;骨细胞;软骨细胞;细胞培养;成纤维细胞;血管内皮细胞;骨质疏松;组织工程

Key words: Siblings, Siblings family protein, osteopontin, bone sialoprotein, dentin matrix protein, dentin sialophosphoprotein, matrix extracellular phosphoglycoprotein, cardiovascular, cardiovascular disease

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