<HashMap><database>GEO</database><scores/><additional><omics_type>Transcriptomics</omics_type><species>Homo sapiens</species><gds_type>Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing</gds_type><full_dataset_link>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE316326</full_dataset_link><repository>GEO</repository><entry_type>GSE</entry_type></additional><is_claimable>false</is_claimable><name>EZH2 inhibition via GSK-126 mitigates EndMT and atherosclerosis in diabetes: A translational epigenetic approach.</name><description>Atherosclerosis drives cardiovascular morbidity in diabetes, with endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndMT) as a key contributor. While epigenetic regulators are increasingly implicated in atherosclerotic progression, the specific role of Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 (EZH2), a histone methyltransferase, in EndMT in diabetes-associated atherosclerosis remains unclear. We show that EZH2-mediated H3K27 trimethylation is elevated in carotid plaques from diabetic patients and in aortic endothelium of diabetic Apoe-/- mice. Pharmacologic EZH2 inhibition with GSK-126 attenuated EndMT and reduced atherosclerotic burden in diabetic mice. In human aortic endothelial cells exposed to high glucose/TNF-α or serum from coronary artery disease patients, EZH2 blockade via GSK-126 or shRNA suppressed EndMT and reversed transcriptional programs assessed by RNA sequencing, including COL4A1 and NR2F2. These findings identify EZH2 as a driver of EndMT in diabetes-associated atherosclerosis and highlight EZH2 inhibition as a potential therapeutic strategy to limit vascular pathology.</description><dates><publication>2026/06/03</publication></dates><accession>GSE316326</accession><cross_references><GSM>GSM9449470</GSM><GSM>GSM9449469</GSM><GSM>GSM9449468</GSM><GSM>GSM9449467</GSM><GSM>GSM9449466</GSM><GSM>GSM9449465</GSM><GSM>GSM9449464</GSM><GPL>24676</GPL><GSE>316326</GSE><taxon>Homo sapiens</taxon><PMID>[42213823]</PMID></cross_references></HashMap>