Insights into aldehyde dehydrogenase enzymes: a structural perspective

K Shortall, A Djeghader, E Magner… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Aldehyde dehydrogenases engage in many cellular functions, however their dysfunction
resulting in accumulation of their substrates can be cytotoxic. ALDHs are responsible for the …

Exposing synonymous mutations

RC Hunt, VL Simhadri, M Iandoli, ZE Sauna… - Trends in Genetics, 2014 - cell.com
Synonymous codon changes, which do not alter protein sequence, were previously thought
to have no functional consequence. Although this concept has been overturned in recent …

The neural crest in cardiac congenital anomalies

A Keyte, MR Hutson - Differentiation, 2012 - Elsevier
This review discusses the function of neural crest as they relate to cardiovascular defects.
The cardiac neural crest cells are a subpopulation of cranial neural crest discovered nearly …

Partitioning the heart: mechanisms of cardiac septation and valve development

CJ Lin, CY Lin, CH Chen, B Zhou, CP Chang - Development, 2012 - journals.biologists.com
Heart malformations are common congenital defects in humans. Many congenital heart
defects involve anomalies in cardiac septation or valve development, and understanding the …

[HTML][HTML] Retinoic acid signaling in heart development: Application in the differentiation of cardiovascular lineages from human pluripotent stem cells

A Wiesinger, GJJ Boink, VM Christoffels, HD Devalla - Stem Cell Reports, 2021 - cell.com
Retinoic acid (RA) signaling plays an important role during heart development in
establishing anteroposterior polarity, formation of inflow and outflow tract progenitors, and …

Aldehyde dehydrogenases: from eye crystallins to metabolic disease and cancer stem cells

V Vasiliou, DC Thompson, C Smith, M Fujita… - Chemico-biological …, 2013 - Elsevier
The aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) superfamily is composed of nicotinamide adenine
dinucleotide (phosphate)(NAD (P)+)-dependent enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of …

[HTML][HTML] Cardiac progenitors and paracrine mediators in cardiogenesis and heart regeneration

N Witman, C Zhou, NG Beverborg, M Sahara… - Seminars in cell & …, 2020 - Elsevier
The mammalian hearts have the least regenerative capabilities among tissues and organs.
As such, heart regeneration has been and continues to be the ultimate goal in the treatment …

Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 ameliorates doxorubicin-induced myocardial dysfunction through detoxification of 4-HNE and suppression of autophagy

A Sun, Y Cheng, Y Zhang, Q Zhang, S Wang… - Journal of molecular and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) protects against cardiac injury via
reducing production of 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE) and ROS. This study was designed to …

Utilization of whole exome sequencing to identify causative mutations in familial congenital heart disease

S LaHaye, D Corsmeier, M Basu… - Circulation …, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common type of birth defect with
family-and population-based studies supporting a strong genetic cause for CHD. The goal of …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of retinoic acid signaling during cardiogenesis

S Stefanovic, S Zaffran - Mechanisms of development, 2017 - Elsevier
Substantial experimental and epidemiological data have highlighted the interplay between
nutritional and genetic factors in the development of congenital heart defects. Retinoic acid …