Cardiac fibrosis: the fibroblast awakens

JG Travers, FA Kamal, J Robbins, KE Yutzey… - Circulation …, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Cardiovascular disease models: a game changing paradigm in drug discovery and screening

H Savoji, MH Mohammadi, N Rafatian, MK Toroghi… - Biomaterials, 2019 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Although investment in
drug discovery and development has been sky-rocketing, the number of approved drugs has …

Getting to the heart of the matter: new insights into cardiac fibrosis

A Leask - Circulation research, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Fibrotic diseases are a significant global burden for which there are limited treatment
options. The effector cells of fibrosis are activated fibroblasts called myofibroblasts, a highly …

Single-cell RNA sequencing analysis reveals a crucial role for CTHRC1 (collagen triple helix repeat containing 1) cardiac fibroblasts after myocardial infarction

A Ruiz-Villalba, JP Romero, SC Hernández… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) have a central role in the ventricular remodeling
process associated with different types of fibrosis. Recent studies have shown that …

The role of Smad signaling cascades in cardiac fibrosis

A Hanna, C Humeres, NG Frangogiannis - Cellular signalling, 2021 - Elsevier
Most myocardial pathologic conditions are associated with cardiac fibrosis, the expansion of
the cardiac interstitium through deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins. Although …

Biomarkers for the identification of cardiac fibroblast and myofibroblast cells

E Tarbit, I Singh, JN Peart, RB Rose'Meyer - Heart failure reviews, 2019 - Springer
Experimental research has recognized the importance of cardiac fibroblast and
myofibroblast cells in heart repair and function. In a normal healthy heart, the cardiac …

Transcriptional control of cardiac fibroblast plasticity

JK Lighthouse, EM Small - Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, 2016 - Elsevier
Cardiac fibroblasts help maintain the normal architecture of the healthy heart and are
responsible for scar formation and the healing response to pathological insults. Various …

The cytokines of pulmonary fibrosis: much learned, much more to learn

IG Luzina, NW Todd, S Sundararajan, SP Atamas - Cytokine, 2015 - Elsevier
Organ fibrosis, the result of exaggerated, persistent, and often irreversible accumulation of
extracellular matrix, complicates numerous diseases in all organs and tissues and has …

[HTML][HTML] Diverse origins and activation of fibroblasts in cardiac fibrosis

PK Aujla, Z Kassiri - Cellular signalling, 2021 - Elsevier
Cardiac fibroblasts (cFBs) have emerged as a heterogenous cell population. Fibroblasts are
considered the main cell source for synthesis of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and as such a …

Alamandine alleviated heart failure and fibrosis in myocardial infarction mice

K Zhao, T Xu, Y Mao, X Wu, D Hua, Y Sheng, P Li - Biology Direct, 2022 - Springer
Alamandine (Ala) is the newest identified peptide of the renin-angiotensin system and has
protective effect on myocyte hypertrophy. However, it is still unclear whether Ala can …