Activation of cardiac fibroblast growth factor receptor 4 causes left ventricular hypertrophy

A Grabner, AP Amaral, K Schramm, S Singh, A Sloan… - Cell metabolism, 2015 - cell.com
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a worldwide public health threat that increases risk of
death due to cardiovascular complications, including left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) …

A background Ca2+ entry pathway mediated by TRPC1/TRPC4 is critical for development of pathological cardiac remodelling

JE Camacho Londoño, Q Tian, K Hammer… - European heart …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Aims Pathological cardiac hypertrophy is a major predictor for the development of cardiac
diseases. It is associated with chronic neurohumoral stimulation and with altered cardiac …

[HTML][HTML] The calcineurin-NFAT pathway controls activity-dependent circadian gene expression in slow skeletal muscle

KA Dyar, S Ciciliot, GM Tagliazucchi… - Molecular …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective Physical activity and circadian rhythms are well-established determinants of
human health and disease, but the relationship between muscle activity and the circadian …

DYRK1A-mediated cyclin D1 degradation in neural stem cells contributes to the neurogenic cortical defects in down syndrome

S Najas, J Arranz, PA Lochhead, AL Ashford… - …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Alterations in cerebral cortex connectivity lead to intellectual disability and in Down
syndrome, this is associated with a deficit in cortical neurons that arises during prenatal …

The Ca2+-activated cation channel TRPM4 is a negative regulator of angiotensin II-induced cardiac hypertrophy

M Kecskés, G Jacobs, S Kerselaers, N Syam… - Basic research in …, 2015 - Springer
Cardiac muscle adapts to hemodynamic stress by altering myocyte size and function,
resulting in cardiac hypertrophy. Alteration in myocyte calcium homeostasis is known to be …

RCAN1 overexpression promotes age-dependent mitochondrial dysregulation related to neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease

H Wong, J Levenga, P Cain, B Rothermel, E Klann… - Acta …, 2015 - Springer
Aging is the largest risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Patients with Down syndrome
(DS) develop symptoms consistent with early-onset AD, suggesting that overexpression of …

Carabin Protects Against Cardiac Hypertrophy by Blocking Calcineurin, Ras, and Ca2+/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II Signaling

M Bisserier, M Berthouze-Duquesnes, M Breckler… - Circulation, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Cardiac hypertrophy is an early hallmark during the clinical course of heart
failure and is regulated by various signaling pathways. However, the molecular mechanisms …

Identification of a conserved set of upregulated genes in mouse skeletal muscle hypertrophy and regrowth

T Chaillou, JR Jackson, JH England… - Journal of applied …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
The purpose of this study was to compare the gene expression profile of mouse skeletal
muscle undergoing two forms of growth (hypertrophy and regrowth) with the goal of …

Anabolic steroids activate calcineurin–NFAT signaling and thereby increase myotube size and reduce denervation atrophy

W Qin, J Pan, Y Wu, WA Bauman, C Cardozo - Molecular and cellular …, 2015 - Elsevier
Anabolic androgens have been shown to reduce muscle loss due to immobilization,
paralysis and many other medical conditions, but the molecular basis for these actions is …

The effect of SERCA1b silencing on the differentiation and calcium homeostasis of C2C12 skeletal muscle cells

A Tóth, J Fodor, J Vincze, T Oláh, T Juhász, R Zákány… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPases (SERCAs) are the main Ca2+
pumps which decrease the intracellular Ca2+ level by reaccumulating Ca2+ into the …