Bearing my heart: the role of extracellular matrix on cardiac development, homeostasis, and injury response

AC Silva, C Pereira, ACRG Fonseca… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is an essential component of the heart that imparts
fundamental cellular processes during organ development and homeostasis. Most …

mRNA-based protein replacement therapy for the heart

A Magadum, K Kaur, L Zangi - Molecular Therapy, 2019 - cell.com
Myocardial infarction (MI) and heart failure (HF) are the leading causes of death in the
United States and in most other industrialized nations. MI leads to a massive loss of …

Pkm2 regulates cardiomyocyte cell cycle and promotes cardiac regeneration

A Magadum, N Singh, AA Kurian, I Munir, T Mehmood… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: The adult mammalian heart has limited regenerative capacity, mostly
attributable to postnatal cardiomyocyte cell cycle arrest. In the last 2 decades, numerous …

Altering sphingolipid metabolism attenuates cell death and inflammatory response after myocardial infarction

Y Hadas, AS Vincek, E Youssef, MM Żak, E Chepurko… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Sphingolipids have recently emerged as a biomarker of recurrence and
mortality after myocardial infarction (MI). The increased ceramide levels in mammalian heart …

[HTML][HTML] Delivery of modified mRNA to damaged myocardium by systemic administration of lipid nanoparticles

MJW Evers, W Du, Q Yang, SAA Kooijmans… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Lipid Nanoparticles (LNPs) are a promising drug delivery vehicle for clinical siRNA
delivery. Modified mRNA (modRNA) has recently gained great attention as a therapeutic …

Transient secretion of VEGF protein from transplanted hiPSC-CMs enhances engraftment and improves rat heart function post MI

X Ai, B Yan, N Witman, Y Gong, L Yang, Y Tan… - Molecular Therapy, 2023 - cell.com
Cell-based therapies offer an exciting and novel treatment for heart repair following
myocardial infarction (MI). However, these therapies often suffer from poor cell viability and …

Therapies to prevent post-infarction remodelling: From repair to regeneration

P Contessotto, A Pandit - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
Myocardial infarction is the first cause of worldwide mortality, with an increasing incidence
also reported in developing countries. Over the past decades, preclinical research and …

mRNA, a revolution in biomedicine

B Baptista, R Carapito, N Laroui, C Pichon, F Sousa - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The perspective of using messenger RNA (mRNA) as a therapeutic molecule first faced
some uncertainties due to concerns about its instability and the feasibility of large-scale …

Delivery of synthetic mRNAs for tissue regeneration

H Steinle, J Weber, S Stoppelkamp… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, nucleic acid-based therapeutics have gained increasing importance as
novel treatment options for disease prevention and treatment. Synthetic messenger RNAs …

Biologics and their delivery systems: Trends in myocardial infarction

MA Borrelli, HR Turnquist, SR Little - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death around the world, in which myocardial
infarction (MI) is a precipitating event. However, current therapies do not adequately address …