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Piezoelectric Surface Charge and Dynamic Stimulation Synergize to Promote Cardiac Myoblast Alignment and Maturation

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Surface polarization of PVDF films combined with mechanical stimulation generates piezoelectric electrical cues that modulate cardiomyoblast behaviour. Non‐poled and poled PVDF substrates provide distinct electroactive microenvironments influencing cell adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation.
Rafaela M Meira, Sylvie Ribeiro, Senentxu Lanceros‐Mendez, Clarisse Ribeiro   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of common signature genes and pathways underlying the pathogenesis association between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and heart failure

Frontiers in Immunology
BackgroundNon-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and heart failure (HF) are related conditions with an increasing incidence. However, the mechanism underlying their association remains unclear.
Gerui Li, Gerui Li, Gerui Li, Zhengjie Lu, Ze Chen, Ze Chen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estrogen Protects the Female Heart from Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury through Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Phosphorylation by Mitochondrial p38β at Threonine 79 and Serine 106. [PDF]

, 2016
A collective body of evidence indicates that estrogen protects the heart from myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury, but the underlying mechanism remains incompletely understood. We have previously delineated a novel mechanism of how 17β-estradiol
Kim, Jin Kyung, Liu, Han, Luo, Tao
core   +1 more source

Nanotherapies for Atherosclerosis: Targeting, Catalysis, and Energy Transduction

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Atherosclerosis management is hindered by poor drug targeting and plaque heterogeneity. Nanotechnology overcomes these barriers via three core strategies: (1) target‐engineered nanocarriers that achieve lesion‐specific precision via ligand modification, biomimetic camouflage, stimuli‐responsive release, and self‐propelling nanomotors; (2) catalytic ...
Yuqi Yang, Jingguo Qu, Tonghuan Xiao, Xinyang Han, Michael Tin‐Cheung Ying   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

TFAP4 exacerbates pathological cardiac fibrosis by modulating mechanotransduction

Cell Insight
Cardiac fibroblast (CF) differentiation into myofibroblasts is a crucial driver of cardiac fibrosis, leading to extensive extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition that increases myocardial stiffness and eventually impairs heart function. Mechanotransduction
Jie Liu, Jingjing Feng, Jingxuan Zhao, Xiangjie Kong, Zhangyi Yu, Yuanru Huang, Zechun He, Mengxin Liu, Zheng Liu, Zhibing Lu, Li Wang   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Troponins, Acute Coronary Syndrome and Renal Disease: From Acute Kidney Injury Through End-stage Kidney Disease [PDF]

, 2019
The diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is heavily dependent on cardiac biomarker assays, particularly cardiac troponins. ACS, particularly non-ST segment elevation MI, are more common in patients with acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease (
Banerjee, A, Banerjee, D, Ferrett, C
core   +2 more sources

Extracellular Vesicles Modulation by an Adiponectin Receptor Agonist Provides Cardioprotection for Myocardial Ischemic Injury

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study demonstrates that ALY688, a drug mimicking the heart‐protective hormone adiponectin, reduces myocardial ischemia injury. ALY688 increases the production of extracellular vesicles, which carry protective cargo including adiponectin itself.
Jialing Tang, Wing Yan Chung, Serena M. Pulente, Yubin Lei, Khang Nguyen, Eddie Tam, Nadya M. Morrow, Ilka Lorenzen‐Schmidt, Fengxia Xiao, Augusto Zani, Dylan Burger, Hye Kyoung Sung, Erin E. Mulvihill, Gary Sweeney   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical expression of plakophilin-2 mutations in familial arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy [PDF]

, 2006
Background - Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is an inherited cardiac disorder characterized by loss of cardiomyocytes and their replacement by adipose and fibrous tissue.
Asimaki, A, Ebrahim, HY, Elliott, PM, Evans, A, Hitomi, N, McKenna, WJ, Norman, M, Pantazis, A, Sen-Chowdhry, S, Shaw, AL, Syrris, P, Ward, D   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Microengineered Gradient Hydrogels for Mechanobiology

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Gradient hydrogels are used to mimic the mechanical heterogeneity in native tissues, offering powerful in vitro platforms to study cell‐material interactions in diverse pathophysiological contexts. Here, we present a comprehensive review of the design and experimental considerations for stiffness gradient hydrogels, discussing exemplary achievements ...
Shin Wei Chong, Deepu Ashok, Anna Waterhouse, Marcela M. M. Bilek, Daniele Vigolo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Use of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I levels for early diagnosis of myocardial injury after neonatal asphyxia

Journal of International Medical Research, 2019
Objective Low-cost diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers could help guide clinical management of neonates with myocardial injury after asphyxia. This study aimed to assess the utility of creatine kinase (CK)-MB, high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs ...
Li Jiang, Yuning Li, Zhi Zhang, Lixing Lin, Xiaoli Liu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source