Targeting cardiac stem cell senescence to treat cardiac aging and disease

E Cianflone, M Torella, F Biamonte, A De Angelis… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Adult stem/progenitor are a small population of cells that reside in tissue-specific niches and
possess the potential to differentiate in all cell types of the organ in which they operate. Adult …

From spheroids to organoids: the next generation of model systems of human cardiac regeneration in a dish

M Scalise, F Marino, L Salerno, E Cianflone… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Organoids are tiny, self-organized, three-dimensional tissue cultures that are derived from
the differentiation of stem cells. The growing interest in the use of organoids arises from their …

Pharmacological clearance of senescent cells improves cardiac remodeling and function after myocardial infarction in female aged mice

N Salerno, F Marino, M Scalise, L Salerno… - Mechanisms of ageing …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are predominantly an aging disease. Important sex-specific
differences exist and the mechanism (s) by which this sex-by-age interaction influences CVD …

Physical exercise and cardiac repair: the potential role of nitric oxide in boosting stem cell regenerative biology

F Marino, M Scalise, E Cianflone, L Salerno… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Over the years strong evidence has been accumulated showing that aerobic physical
exercise exerts beneficial effects on the prevention and reduction of cardiovascular risk …

Unraveling and targeting myocardial regeneration deficit in diabetes

C Molinaro, L Salerno, F Marino, M Scalise, N Salerno… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cardiomyopathy is a common complication in diabetic patients. Ventricular dysfunction
without coronary atherosclerosis and hypertension is driven by hyperglycemia …

Unravelling the biology of adult cardiac stem cell-derived exosomes to foster endogenous cardiac regeneration and repair

T Mancuso, A Barone, A Salatino, C Molinaro… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cardiac remuscularization has been the stated goal of the field of regenerative cardiology
since its inception. Along with the refreshment of lost and dysfunctional cardiac muscle cells …

Diabetes-induced cellular senescence and senescence-associated secretory phenotype impair cardiac regeneration and function independently of age

F Marino, M Scalise, N Salerno, L Salerno… - Diabetes, 2022 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Diabetes mellitus (DM) affects the biology of multipotent cardiac stem/progenitor cells
(CSCs) and adult myocardial regeneration. We assessed the hypothesis that senescence …

Adult Multipotent Cardiac Progenitor-Derived Spheroids: A Reproducible Model of In Vitro Cardiomyocyte Commitment and Specification

M Scalise, F Marino, L Salerno, N Amato, C Quercia… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Three-dimensional cell culture systems hold great promise for bridging the gap
between in vitro cell-based model systems and small animal models to study tissue biology …

Cardiac stem cell-loaded delivery systems: a new challenge for myocardial tissue regeneration

A Mancuso, A Barone, MC Cristiano… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death in Western countries.
Post-myocardial infarction heart failure can be considered a degenerative disease where …

In vitro CSC-derived cardiomyocytes exhibit the typical microRNA-mRNA blueprint of endogenous cardiomyocytes

M Scalise, F Marino, L Salerno, T Mancuso… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract miRNAs modulate cardiomyocyte specification by targeting mRNAs of cell cycle
regulators and acting in cardiac muscle lineage gene regulatory loops. It is unknown if or to …