Ischemia/reperfusion injury following acute myocardial infarction: a critical issue for clinicians and forensic pathologists

M Neri, I Riezzo, N Pascale, C Pomara… - Mediators of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Reperfusion
strategies are the current standard therapy for AMI. However, they may result in paradoxical …

Matrix metalloproteinase-9: Many shades of function in cardiovascular disease

A Yabluchanskiy, Y Ma, RP Iyer, ME Hall… - …, 2013 - journals.physiology.org
Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9, one of the most widely investigated MMPs, regulates
pathological remodeling processes that involve inflammation and fibrosis in cardiovascular …

IRF3 and type I interferons fuel a fatal response to myocardial infarction

KR King, AD Aguirre, YX Ye, Y Sun, JD Roh… - Nature medicine, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3) and type I interferons (IFNs) protect against
infections and cancer, but excessive IRF3 activation and type I IFN production cause …

Neutrophils orchestrate post-myocardial infarction healing by polarizing macrophages towards a reparative phenotype

M Horckmans, L Ring, J Duchene… - European heart …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Aims Acute myocardial infarction (MI) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Anti-
inflammatory strategies to reduce neutrophil-driven acute post-MI injury have been shown to …

[HTML][HTML] Resident cardiac macrophages mediate adaptive myocardial remodeling

NR Wong, J Mohan, BJ Kopecky, S Guo, L Du, J Leid… - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
Cardiac macrophages represent a heterogeneous cell population with distinct origins,
dynamics, and functions. Recent studies have revealed that CC Chemokine Receptor 2 …

Cardiac fibroblasts, fibrosis and extracellular matrix remodeling in heart disease

D Fan, A Takawale, J Lee, Z Kassiri - Fibrogenesis & tissue repair, 2012 - Springer
Fibroblasts comprise the largest cell population in the myocardium. In heart disease, the
number of fibroblasts is increased either by replication of the resident myocardial fibroblasts …

Matrix metalloproteinases in myocardial infarction and heart failure

KY DeLeon-Pennell, CA Meschiari, M Jung… - Progress in molecular …, 2017 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death, accounting for 600,000 deaths each
year in the United States. In addition, heart failure accounts for 37% of health care spending …

Platelets, inflammation and tissue regeneration

AT Nurden - Thrombosis and haemostasis, 2011 - thieme-connect.com
Blood platelets have long been recognised to bring about primary haemostasis with
deficiencies in platelet production and function manifesting in bleeding while upregulated …

Intravenous hMSCs improve myocardial infarction in mice because cells embolized in lung are activated to secrete the anti-inflammatory protein TSG-6

RH Lee, AA Pulin, MJ Seo, DJ Kota, J Ylostalo… - Cell stem cell, 2009 - cell.com
Quantitative assays for human DNA and mRNA were used to examine the paradox that
intravenously (iv) infused human multipotent stromal cells (hMSCs) can enhance tissue …

Angiogenesis in cancer and other diseases

P Carmeliet, RK Jain - nature, 2000 - nature.com
Pathological angiogenesis is a hallmark of cancer and various ischaemic and inflammatory
diseases. Concentrated efforts in this area of research are leading to the discovery of a …