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ArticleFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2020

Blocking Extracellular Chaperones to Improve Cardiac Regeneration.

Laura Seclì, Matteo Sorge, Alessandro Morotti, Mara Brancaccio

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Article in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 47% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Laura SeclìDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Matteo SorgeDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Alessandro MorottiDepartment of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Mara BrancaccioDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
University of Turin · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic or acute insults to the myocardium are responsible for the onset of cardiomyopathy and heart failure. Due to the poor regenerative ability of the human adult heart, the survival of cardiomyocytes is a prerequisite to support heart function. Chaperone proteins, by regulating sarcomeric protein folding, function, and turnover in the challenging environment of the beating heart, play a fundamental role in myocardial physiology. Nevertheless, a number of evidences indicate that, under stress conditions or during cell damage, myocardial cells release chaperone proteins that, from the extracellular milieu, play a detrimental function, by perpetuating inflammation and inducing cardiomyocyte apoptosis. Blocking the activity of extracellular chaperones has been proven to have beneficial effects on heart function in preclinical models of myocardial infarction and cardiomyopathy. The application of this approach in combination with tissue engineering strategies may represent a future innovation in cardiac regenerative medicine.

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cardiomyopathyextracellular chaperonesheart failureHSPsmyocardial infarctionsterile inflammationToll-like receptors

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PMID32528937
PMCPMC7264090
OpenAlexW3028940787

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