[HTML][HTML] The potential cardiometabolic effects of long-chain ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids: recent updates and controversies

JH Bae, H Lim, S Lim - Advances in Nutrition, 2023 - Elsevier
Various health-related effects of long-chain (LC) ω-3 PUFAs, EPA, and DHA have been
suggested. LC ω-3 PUFAs reduce TG concentrations and have anti-inflammatory …

Cardiac fibroblasts and mechanosensation in heart development, health and disease

M Pesce, GN Duda, G Forte, H Girao, A Raya… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The term 'mechanosensation'describes the capacity of cells to translate mechanical stimuli
into the coordinated regulation of intracellular signals, cellular function, gene expression …

Piezo1 channels contribute to the regulation of human atrial fibroblast mechanical properties and matrix stiffness sensing

R Emig, W Knodt, MJ Krussig, CM Zgierski-Johnston… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
The mechanical environment of cardiac cells changes continuously and undergoes major
alterations during diseases. Most cardiac diseases, including atrial fibrillation, are …

MyoD-family inhibitor proteins act as auxiliary subunits of Piezo channels

Z Zhou, X Ma, Y Lin, D Cheng, N Bavi, GA Secker, JV Li… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Piezo channels are critical cellular sensors of mechanical forces. Despite their large size,
ubiquitous expression, and irreplaceable roles in an ever-growing list of physiological …

Channelling the force to reprogram the matrix: Mechanosensitive ion channels in cardiac fibroblasts

L Stewart, NA Turner - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cardiac fibroblasts (CF) play a pivotal role in preserving myocardial function and integrity of
the heart tissue after injury, but also contribute to future susceptibility to heart failure. CF …

A detailed mathematical model of the human atrial cardiomyocyte: integration of electrophysiology and cardiomechanics

F Mazhar, C Bartolucci, F Regazzoni… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mechano‐electric regulations (MER) play an important role in the maintenance of cardiac
performance. Mechano‐calcium and mechano‐electric feedback (MCF and MEF) pathways …

Nonmyocytes as electrophysiological contributors to cardiac excitation and conduction

A Simon-Chica, EM Wülfers… - American Journal of …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Although cardiac action potential (AP) generation and propagation have traditionally been
attributed exclusively to cardiomyocytes (CM), other cell types in the heart are also capable …

Regulation of PIEZO1 channels by lipids and the structural components of extracellular matrix/cell cytoskeleton

V Vasileva… - Journal of Cellular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
PIEZO1 is a mechanosensitive channel widely presented in eukaryotic organisms. Although
the PIEZO family was discovered in 2010, main questions related to the molecular structure …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical stress regulates the mechanotransduction and metabolism of cardiac fibroblasts in fibrotic cardiac diseases

G Tian, T Ren - European Journal of Cell Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Fibrotic cardiac diseases are characterized by myocardial fibrosis that results in maladaptive
cardiac remodeling. Cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) are the main cell type responsible for fibrosis …

Piezo1 channel as a potential target for hindering cardiac fibrotic remodeling

N Braidotti, SN Chen, CS Long, D Cojoc… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fibrotic tissues share many common features with neoplasms where there is an increased
stiffness of the extracellular matrix (ECM). In this review, we present recent discoveries …