The stiffness of living tissues and its implications for tissue engineering

CF Guimarães, L Gasperini, AP Marques… - Nature Reviews …, 2020‏ - nature.com
The past 20 years have witnessed ever-growing evidence that the mechanical properties of
biological tissues, from nanoscale to macroscale dimensions, are fundamental for cellular …

Role of cardiac macrophages on cardiac inflammation, fibrosis and tissue repair

WP Lafuse, DJ Wozniak, MVS Rajaram - Cells, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
The immune system plays a pivotal role in the initiation, development and resolution of
inflammation following insult or damage to organs. The heart is a vital organ which supplies …

Cardiac fibrosis: the fibroblast awakens

JG Travers, FA Kamal, J Robbins, KE Yutzey… - Circulation …, 2016‏ - ahajournals.org
Myocardial fibrosis is a significant global health problem associated with nearly all forms of
heart disease. Cardiac fibroblasts comprise an essential cell type in the heart that is …

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 …

A novel paradigm for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: comorbidities drive myocardial dysfunction and remodeling through coronary microvascular …

WJ Paulus, C Tschöpe - Journal of the American college of cardiology, 2013‏ - jacc.org
Over the past decade, myocardial structure, cardiomyocyte function, and intramyocardial
signaling were shown to be specifically altered in heart failure with preserved ejection …

The role of the dystrophin glycoprotein complex in muscle cell mechanotransduction

DGS Wilson, A Tinker, T Iskratsch - Communications Biology, 2022‏ - nature.com
Dystrophin is the central protein of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex (DGC) in skeletal
and heart muscle cells. Dystrophin connects the actin cytoskeleton to the extracellular matrix …

Titin (TTN): from molecule to modifications, mechanics, and medical significance

CM Loescher, AJ Hobbach… - Cardiovascular research, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
The giant sarcomere protein titin is a major determinant of cardiomyocyte stiffness and
contributor to cardiac strain sensing. Titin-based forces are highly regulated in health and …

Fibers for hearts: A critical review on electrospinning for cardiac tissue engineering

M Kitsara, O Agbulut, D Kontziampasis, Y Chen… - Acta biomaterialia, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Cardiac cell therapy holds a real promise for improving heart function and especially of the
chronically failing myocardium. Embedding cells into 3D biodegradable scaffolds may better …

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment

BA Borlaug, WJ Paulus - European heart journal, 2011‏ - academic.oup.com
Half of patients with heart failure (HF) have a preserved left ventricular ejection fraction
(HFpEF). Morbidity and mortality in HFpEF are similar to values observed in patients with HF …

A tissue-engineered scale model of the heart ventricle

LA MacQueen, SP Sheehy, CO Chantre… - Nature biomedical …, 2018‏ - nature.com
Laboratory studies of the heart use cell and tissue cultures to dissect heart function yet rely
on animal models to measure pressure and volume dynamics. Here, we report tissue …