The axon initial segment: an updated viewpoint

C Leterrier - Journal of Neuroscience, 2018 - Soc Neuroscience
At the base of axons sits a unique compartment called the axon initial segment (AIS). The
AIS generates and shapes the action potential before it is propagated along the axon …

CaMKII in myocardial hypertrophy and heart failure

ME Anderson, JH Brown, DM Bers - Journal of molecular and cellular …, 2011 - Elsevier
Many signals have risen and fallen in the tide of investigation into mechanisms of
myocardial hypertrophy and heart failure (HF). In our opinion, the multifunctional Ca and …

Mechanisms of Altered Ca2+ Handling in Heart Failure

M Luo, ME Anderson - Circulation research, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Ca2+ plays a crucial role in connecting membrane excitability with contraction in
myocardium. The hallmark features of heart failure are mechanical dysfunction and …

Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production and elimination

A Nickel, M Kohlhaas, C Maack - Journal of molecular and cellular …, 2014 - Elsevier
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play an important role in cardiovascular diseases, and one
important source for ROS are mitochondria. Emission of ROS from mitochondria is the net …

Calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II: linking heart failure and arrhythmias

PD Swaminathan, A Purohit, TJ Hund… - Circulation …, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Understanding relationships between heart failure and arrhythmias, important causes of
suffering and sudden death, remains an unmet goal for biomedical researchers and …

CaMKII inhibitors: from research tools to therapeutic agents

P Pellicena, H Schulman - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The cardiac field has benefited from the availability of several CaMKII inhibitors serving as
research tools to test putative CaMKII pathways associated with cardiovascular physiology …

Cardioprotection by SGLT2 Inhibitors—Does It All Come Down to Na+?

M Trum, J Riechel, S Wagner - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) are emerging as a new treatment
strategy for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and—depending on the …

Reactive Oxygen Species–Activated Ca/Calmodulin Kinase IIδ Is Required for Late INa Augmentation Leading to Cellular Na and Ca Overload

S Wagner, HM Ruff, SL Weber, S Bellmann… - Circulation …, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: In heart failure Ca/calmodulin kinase (CaMK) II expression and reactive oxygen
species (ROS) are increased. Both ROS and CaMKII can increase late I Na leading to …

Interactions between ankyrin-G, Plakophilin-2, and Connexin43 at the cardiac intercalated disc

PY Sato, W Coombs, X Lin, O Nekrasova… - Circulation …, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: The early description of the intercalated disc defined 3 structures, all of them
involved in cell-cell communication: desmosomes, gap junctions, and adherens junctions …

Gene Therapy for Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia by Inhibition of Ca2+/Calmodulin-Dependent Kinase II

VJ Bezzerides, A Caballero, S Wang, Y Ai, RJ Hylind… - Circulation, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT), an inherited
cardiac arrhythmia characterized by adrenergically triggered arrhythmias, is inadequately …