Therapeutic approaches for cardiac regeneration and repair

H Hashimoto, EN Olson, R Bassel-Duby - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2018 - nature.com
Ischaemic heart disease is a leading cause of death worldwide. Injury to the heart is
followed by loss of the damaged cardiomyocytes, which are replaced with fibrotic scar …

Heart regeneration and repair after myocardial infarction: translational opportunities for novel therapeutics

TJ Cahill, RP Choudhury, PR Riley - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2017 - nature.com
Current therapies for heart failure after myocardial infarction are limited and non-curative.
Although regenerative approaches are receiving significant attention, clinical efforts that …

Drug delivery to macrophages: a review of targeting drugs and drug carriers to macrophages for inflammatory diseases

W He, N Kapate, CW Shields IV, S Mitragotri - Advanced drug delivery …, 2020 - Elsevier
Macrophages play a key role in defending against foreign pathogens, healing wounds, and
regulating tissue homeostasis. Driving this versatility is their phenotypic plasticity, which …

Growth factor delivery: Defining the next generation platforms for tissue engineering

LMC Aguilar, SM Silva, SE Moulton - Journal of controlled Release, 2019 - Elsevier
Growth factors play a crucial role in tissue engineering by directing the fate of cells and
allowing the formation of tissues. Understanding the key requirements for growth factor …

Nanomedicine and drug delivery systems in cancer and regenerative medicine

E Garbayo, S Pascual‐Gil… - Wiley …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nanomedicine and drug delivery technologies play a prominent role in modern medicine,
facilitating better treatments than conventional drugs. Nanomedicine is being increasingly …

The multifunctional contribution of FGF signaling to cardiac development, homeostasis, disease and repair

F Khosravi, N Ahmadvand, S Bellusci… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The current focus on cardiovascular research reflects society's concerns regarding the
alarming incidence of cardiac-related diseases and mortality in the industrialized world and …

Hydrogel based approaches for cardiac tissue engineering

L Saludas, S Pascual-Gil, F Prósper, E Garbayo… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Heart failure still represents the leading cause of death worldwide. Novel strategies using
stem cells and growth factors have been investigated for effective cardiac tissue …

Stimulating cardiogenesis as a treatment for heart failure

TR Heallen, ZA Kadow, JH Kim, J Wang… - Circulation …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
After myocardial injury, cardiomyocyte loss cannot be corrected by using currently available
clinical treatments. In recent years, considerable effort has been made to develop cell-based …

[HTML][HTML] Cardiac tissue engineering for myocardial infarction treatment

P Gil-Cabrerizo, I Scacchetti, E Garbayo… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Myocardial infarction is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Current treatments can relieve the symptoms of myocardial ischemia but cannot repair the …

Toward regeneration of the heart: bioengineering strategies for immunomodulation

A Ferrini, MM Stevens, S Sattler… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Myocardial Infarction (MI) is the most common cardiovascular disease. An average-sized MI
causes the loss of up to 1 billion cardiomyocytes and the adult heart lacks the capacity to …