Targeting cardiac fibrosis in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mirage or miracle?

M Sweeney, B Corden, SA Cook - EMBO molecular medicine, 2020 - embopress.org
Cardiac fibrosis is central to the pathology of heart failure, particularly heart failure with
preserved ejection fraction (HF p EF). Irrespective of the underlying profibrotic condition (eg …

Cardiac fibrosis in the pressure overloaded left and right ventricle as a therapeutic target

K Schimmel, K Ichimura, S Reddy, F Haddad… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Myocardial fibrosis is a remodeling process of the extracellular matrix (ECM) following
cardiac stress.“Replacement fibrosis” is a term used to describe wound healing in the acute …

Myocardial Interstitial Fibrosis in Nonischemic Heart Disease, Part 3/4: JACC Focus Seminar

J Díez, A González, JC Kovacic - Journal of the American College of …, 2020 - jacc.org
Myocardial interstitial fibrosis (MIF) is a histological hallmark of several cardiac diseases that
alter myocardial architecture and function and are associated with progression to heart …

Treatment of cardiac fibrosis: from neuro-hormonal inhibitors to CAR-T cell therapy

P Morfino, A Aimo, V Castiglione, C Gálvez-Montón… - Heart failure …, 2023 - Springer
Cardiac fibrosis is characterized by the deposition of extracellular matrix proteins in the
spaces between cardiomyocytes following both acute and chronic tissue damage events …

[HTML][HTML] METTL3 boosts mitochondrial fission and induces cardiac fibrosis by enhancing LncRNA GAS5 methylation

B Tu, K Song, Y Zhou, H Sun, ZY Liu, LC Lin… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Dysregulated mitochondrial metabolism occurs in several pathological processes
characterized by cell proliferation and migration. Nonetheless, the role of mitochondrial …

Novel therapies for the treatment of cardiac fibrosis following myocardial infarction

K Raziyeva, Y Kim, Z Zharkinbekov, K Temirkhanova… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cardiac fibrosis is a common pathological consequence of most myocardial diseases. It is
associated with the excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix proteins as well as …

The microenvironment of the pathogenesis of cardiac hypertrophy

F Bazgir, J Nau, S Nakhaei-Rad, E Amin, MJ Wolf… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pathological cardiac hypertrophy is a key risk factor for the development of heart failure and
predisposes individuals to cardiac arrhythmia and sudden death. While physiological …

Angiotensin receptor‐neprilysin inhibition attenuates right ventricular remodeling in pulmonary hypertension

D Sharifi Kia, E Benza, TN Bachman… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Pulmonary hypertension (PH) results in increased right ventricular (RV)
afterload and ventricular remodeling. Sacubitril/valsartan (sac/val) is a dual acting drug …

Signaling pathways and potential therapeutic strategies in cardiac fibrosis

A Bertaud, A Joshkon, X Heim, R Bachelier… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cardiac fibrosis constitutes irreversible necrosis of the heart muscle as a consequence of
different acute (myocardial infarction) or chronic (diabetes, hypertension,…) diseases but …

Sacubitril/valsartan improves cardiac function and decreases myocardial fibrosis via downregulation of exosomal miR‐181a in a rodent chronic myocardial infarction …

E Vaskova, G Ikeda, Y Tada, C Wahlquist… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Exosomes are small extracellular vesicles that function as intercellular
messengers and effectors. Exosomal cargo contains regulatory small molecules, including …