Endoplasmic reticulum stress and unfolded protein response in cardiovascular diseases

J Ren, Y Bi, JR Sowers, C Hetz, Y Zhang - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2021 - nature.com
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), such as ischaemic heart disease, cardiomyopathy,
atherosclerosis, hypertension, stroke and heart failure, are among the leading causes of …

Obesity cardiomyopathy: evidence, mechanisms, and therapeutic implications

J Ren, NN Wu, S Wang, JR Sowers… - Physiological …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
The prevalence of heart failure is on the rise and imposes a major health threat, in part, due
to the rapidly increased prevalence of overweight and obesity. To this point …

Targeting autophagy in ischemic stroke: from molecular mechanisms to clinical therapeutics

A Ajoolabady, S Wang, G Kroemer… - Pharmacology & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Stroke constitutes the second leading cause of death and a major cause of disability
worldwide. Stroke is normally classified as either ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke (HS) …

[HTML][HTML] Fundc1-dependent mitophagy is obligatory to ischemic preconditioning-conferred renoprotection in ischemic AKI via suppression of Drp1-mediated …

J Wang, P Zhu, R Li, J Ren, H Zhou - Redox Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract FUN14 domain-containing protein 1 (Fundc1)-dependent mitophagy, mainly
activated by ischemic/hypoxic preconditioning, benefits acute myocardial reperfusion injury …

[HTML][HTML] Mitophagy and mitochondrial integrity in cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury

M Yang, BS Linn, Y Zhang, J Ren - … Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis of Disease, 2019 - Elsevier
Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IR injury), produced by initial interruption and subsequent
restoration of organ blood flow, is an important clinical dilemma accompanied by various …

[HTML][HTML] Physical exercise and selective autophagy: benefit and risk on cardiovascular health

NN Wu, H Tian, P Chen, D Wang, J Ren, Y Zhang - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Physical exercise promotes cardiorespiratory fitness, and is considered the mainstream of
non-pharmacological therapies along with lifestyle modification for various chronic diseases …

Cardiac-specific overexpression of catalase attenuates lipopolysaccharide-induced cardiac anomalies through reconciliation of autophagy and ferroptosis

H Peng, J Zhang, Z Zhang, S Turdi, X Han, Q Liu, H Hu… - Life sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from Gram-negative bacteria is a major contributor to
cardiovascular failure, but the signaling mechanisms underlying its stress response are not …

Obesity paradox in aging: from prevalence to pathophysiology

S Wang, J Ren - Progress in cardiovascular diseases, 2018 - Elsevier
Recent advances in medical technology and health care have greatly improved the
management for chronic diseases and prolonged human lifespan. Unfortunately, increased …

[HTML][HTML] Nrf2 signaling in diabetic nephropathy, cardiomyopathy and neuropathy: therapeutic targeting, challenges and future prospective

M Hashemi, MA Zandieh, S Ziaolhagh… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2023 - Elsevier
Western lifestyle contributes to an overt increase in the prevalence of metabolic anomalies
including diabetes mellitus (DM) and obesity. Prevalence of DM is rapidly growing …

[HTML][HTML] TBC1D15/RAB7-regulated mitochondria-lysosome interaction confers cardioprotection against acute myocardial infarction-induced cardiac injury

W Yu, S Sun, H Xu, C Li, J Ren, Y Zhang - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Ischemic heart disease remains a primary threat to human health, while its
precise etiopathogenesis is still unclear. TBC domain family member 15 (TBC1D15) is a …