The role of mitochondrial fission in cardiovascular health and disease

JM Quiles, ÅB Gustafsson - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2022 - nature.com
Mitochondria are organelles involved in the regulation of various important cellular
processes, ranging from ATP generation to immune activation. A healthy mitochondrial …

Mitochondrial quality control mechanisms as molecular targets in diabetic heart

X Chang, Y Li, C Cai, F Wu, J He, Y Zhang, J Zhong… - Metabolism, 2022 - Elsevier
Mitochondrial dysfunction has been regarded as a hallmark of diabetic cardiomyopathy. In
addition to their canonical metabolic actions, mitochondria influence various other aspects of …

[HTML][HTML] Empagliflozin attenuates cardiac microvascular ischemia/reperfusion through activating the AMPKα1/ULK1/FUNDC1/mitophagy pathway

C Cai, Z Guo, X Chang, Z Li, F Wu, J He, T Cao… - Redox biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Mitophagy preserves microvascular structure and function during myocardial
ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Empagliflozin, an anti-diabetes drug, may also protect …

[HTML][HTML] Coronary microvascular injury in myocardial infarction: perception and knowledge for mitochondrial quality control

X Chang, A Lochner, HH Wang, S Wang, H Zhu… - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Endothelial cells (ECs) constitute the innermost layer in all blood vessels to maintain the
structural integrity and microcirculation function for coronary microvasculature. Impaired …

[HTML][HTML] Metformin protects against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury and cell pyroptosis via AMPK/NLRP3 inflammasome pathway

J Zhang, L Huang, X Shi, L Yang, F Hua, J Ma… - Aging (Albany …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is a life-threatening vascular emergency following
myocardial infarction. Our previous study showed cardioprotective effects of metformin …

[HTML][HTML] Mitophagy coordinates the mitochondrial unfolded protein response to attenuate inflammation-mediated myocardial injury

Y Wang, H Jasper, S Toan, D Muid, X Chang, H Zhou - Redox biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Mitochondrial dysfunction is a fundamental challenge in septic cardiomyopathy. Mitophagy
and the mitochondrial unfolded protein response (UPR mt) are the predominant stress …

Therapeutic strategies in ischemic cardiomyopathy: Focus on mitochondrial quality surveillance

X Chang, S Toan, R Li, H Zhou - EBioMedicine, 2022 - thelancet.com
Despite considerable efforts to prevent and treat ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM), effective
therapies remain lacking, in part owing to the complexity of the underlying molecular …

Role of mitochondrial quality surveillance in myocardial infarction: from bench to bedside

H Zhou, J Ren, S Toan, D Mui - Ageing Research Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Myocardial infarction (MI) is the irreversible death of cardiomyocyte secondary to prolonged
lack of oxygen or fresh blood supply. Historically considered as merely cardiomyocyte …

Drp1-dependent mitochondrial fission in cardiovascular disease

J **, X Wei, X Zhi, X Wang, D Meng - Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 2021 - nature.com
Mitochondria are highly dynamic organelles undergoing cycles of fusion and fission to
modulate their morphology, distribution, and function, which are referred as 'mitochondrial …

Ischemia/reperfusion injury revisited: an overview of the latest pharmacological strategies

ROS Soares, DM Losada, MC Jordani, P Évora… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) permeates a variety of diseases and is a ubiquitous
concern in every transplantation proceeding, from whole organs to modest grafts. Given its …