Basic and Translational Research in Cardiac Repair and Regeneration: JACC State-of-the-Art Review

J Zhang, R Bolli, DJ Garry, E Marbán… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - jacc.org
This paper aims to provide an important update on the recent preclinical and clinical trials
using cell therapy strategies and engineered heart tissues for the treatment of postinfarction …

[HTML][HTML] Stem cell-based approaches in cardiac tissue engineering: controlling the microenvironment for autologous cells

R Augustine, P Dan, A Hasan, IM Khalaf… - Biomedicine & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide. Cardiac tissue
engineering strategies focusing on biomaterial scaffolds incorporating cells and growth …

Strategies for improving the maturity of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes

C Tu, BS Chao, JC Wu - Circulation research, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Tu et al Strategies to Promote Cardiac Maturation 513 in previous iPSC-CM models.
Together, these results indicate an advanced level of maturity, both structurally and …

Single-cell transcriptomic analyses of cell fate transitions during human cardiac reprogramming

Y Zhou, Z Liu, JD Welch, X Gao, L Wang, T Garbutt… - Cell stem cell, 2019 - cell.com
Direct cellular reprogramming provides a powerful platform to study cell plasticity and
dissect mechanisms underlying cell fate determination. Here, we report a single-cell …

Neonatal and adult cardiac fibroblasts exhibit inherent differences in cardiac regenerative capacity

H Sun, RE Pratt, VJ Dzau, CP Hodgkinson - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2023 - ASBMB
Directly reprogramming fibroblasts into cardiomyocytes improves cardiac function in the
infarcted heart. However, the low efficacy of this approach hinders clinical applications …

Deconstructing sarcomeric structure–function relations in titin-BioID knock-in mice

F Rudolph, C Fink, J Hüttemeister, M Kirchner… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Proximity proteomics has greatly advanced the analysis of native protein complexes and
subcellular structures in culture, but has not been amenable to study development and …

RNA therapeutics for the cardiovascular system

VJ Dzau, CP Hodgkinson - Circulation, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
RNA therapeutics hold significant promise in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
RNAs are biologically diverse and functionally specific and can be used for gain-or loss-of …

The Impacts of Animal-Based Diets in Cardiovascular Disease Development: A Cellular and Physiological Overview

RS Najjar - Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United States, and diet
plays an instrumental role in CVD development. Plant-based diets have been strongly tied to …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of aging on cardiac repair and regeneration

I Anwar, X Wang, RE Pratt, VJ Dzau… - Journal of Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
In contrast to neonates and lower organisms, the adult mammalian heart lacks any capacity
to regenerate following injury. The vast majority of our understanding of cardiac …

Direct reprogramming as a route to cardiac repair

GA Garry, R Bassel-Duby, EN Olson - Seminars in cell & developmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of morbidity, mortality, and healthcare
expenditure worldwide due to an inability of the heart to regenerate following injury. Thus …