Pathophysiology of cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure: signaling pathways and novel therapeutic targets

YK Tham, BC Bernardo, JYY Ooi, KL Weeks… - Archives of …, 2015 - Springer
The onset of heart failure is typically preceded by cardiac hypertrophy, a response of the
heart to increased workload, a cardiac insult such as a heart attack or genetic mutation …

The war against heart failure: the Lancet lecture

E Braunwald - The Lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Heart failure is a global problem with an estimated prevalence of 38 million patients
worldwide, a number that is increasing with the ageing of the population. It is the most …

CaMKII is a RIP3 substrate mediating ischemia-and oxidative stress–induced myocardial necroptosis

T Zhang, Y Zhang, M Cui, LI **, Y Wang, F Lv, Y Liu… - Nature medicine, 2016 - nature.com
Regulated necrosis (necroptosis) and apoptosis are crucially involved in severe cardiac
pathological conditions, including myocardial infarction, ischemia-reperfusion injury and …

Inflammation and NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation Initiated in Response to Pressure Overload by Ca2+/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II δ Signaling in …

T Suetomi, A Willeford, CS Brand, Y Cho, RS Ross… - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Inflammation is associated with cardiac remodeling and heart failure, but how it
is initiated in response to nonischemic interventions in the absence of cell death is not …

CaMKII as a therapeutic target in cardiovascular disease

OE Reyes Gaido, LJ Nkashama… - Annual review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
CaMKII (the multifunctional Ca2+ and calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II) is a highly
validated signal for promoting a variety of common diseases, particularly in the …

Molecular distinction between physiological and pathological cardiac hypertrophy: experimental findings and therapeutic strategies

BC Bernardo, KL Weeks, L Pretorius… - Pharmacology & …, 2010 - Elsevier
Cardiac hypertrophy can be defined as an increase in heart mass. Pathological cardiac
hypertrophy (heart growth that occurs in settings of disease, eg hypertension) is a key risk …

Regulation of cardiac hypertrophy by intracellular signalling pathways

J Heineke, JD Molkentin - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2006 - nature.com
The mammalian heart is a dynamic organ that can grow and change to accommodate
alterations in its workload. During development and in response to physiological stimuli or …

Diabetic hyperglycaemia activates CaMKII and arrhythmias by O-linked glycosylation

JR Erickson, L Pereira, L Wang, G Han, A Ferguson… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Abstract Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) is an enzyme with important
regulatory functions in the heart and brain, and its chronic activation can be pathological …

Molecular pathways underlying cardiac remodeling during pathophysiological stimulation

I Kehat, JD Molkentin - Circulation, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiac remodeling involves molecular, cellular, and in-terstitial changes that manifest
clinically as changes in size, shape, and function of the heart after injury or stress …

Signaling effectors underlying pathologic growth and remodeling of the heart

JH Van Berlo, M Maillet… - The Journal of clinical …, 2013 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of mortality in the Western world. The heart
responds to many cardiopathological conditions with hypertrophic growth by enlarging …