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ReviewDrug discovery today2015

Epigenetic mechanisms in heart development and disease.

Shannalee R Martinez, Maresha S Gay, Lubo Zhang

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Review in Drug discovery today, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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42citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shannalee R MartinezCenter for Perinatal Biology, Division of Pharmacology, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA.
Maresha S GayCenter for Perinatal Biology, Division of Pharmacology, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA.
Lubo ZhangCenter for Perinatal Biology, Division of Pharmacology, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA. Electronic address: lzhang@llu.edu.
Loma Linda University · US

Funding

NIH-LLU Initiative for Maximizing Student DiversityR25GM060507 · NIGMS · LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY · PI DE LEON, MARINO · 2001 to 2022
$11.3M
Research Training/Education CoreP20MD006988 · NIMHD · LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY · PI DE LEON, MARINO · 2012 to 2016
$6.2M
Maternal Hypoxia and Programming of Fetal HeartR01HL083966 · NHLBI · LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY · PI ZHANG, LUBO · 2007 to 2011
$1.8M
Developmental Programming of Ischemic-Sensitive Phenotype in the HeartR01HL118861 · NHLBI · LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY · PI ZHANG, LUBO · 2014 to 2017
$1.8M
Prenatal Cocaine Exposure and Cardiac ProgrammingR01HL082779 · NHLBI · LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY · PI ZHANG, LUBO · 2006 to 2009
$1.6M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Suboptimal intrauterine development has been linked to predisposition to cardiovascular disease in adulthood, a concept termed 'developmental origins of health and disease'. Although the exact mechanisms underlying this developmental programming are unknown, a growing body of evidence supports the involvement of epigenetic regulation. Epigenetic mechanisms such as DNA methylation, histone modifications and micro-RNA confer added levels of gene regulation without altering DNA sequences. These modifications are relatively stable signals, offering possible insight into the mechanisms underlying developmental origins of health and disease. This review will discuss the role of epigenetic mechanisms in heart development as well as aberrant epigenetic regulation contributing to cardiovascular disease. Additionally, we will address recent advances targeting epigenetic mechanisms as potential therapeutic approaches to cardiovascular disease.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalAnimalsCardiovascular AgentsChromatin Assembly and DisassemblyDNA MethylationGenetic MarkersGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic TherapyHeartHeart DiseasesHumansMicroRNAsMorphogenesisPhenotypeCardiovascular AgentsGenetic MarkersMicroRNAs

Identifiers

PMID25572405
PMCPMC4492921
OpenAlexW2011467562

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