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ReviewJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2021

The cellular function and molecular mechanism of formaldehyde in cardiovascular disease and heart development.

Ying Zhang, Yanyan Yang, Xiangqin He, Panyu Yang, Tingyu Zong, Pin Sun, Rui-Cong Sun, Tao Yu, Zhirong Jiang

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Review in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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41 citing papers in PubMed, 110 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ying ZhangDepartment of Cardiac Ultrasound, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Yanyan YangDepartment of Immunology, Basic Medicine School, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Xiangqin HeDepartment of Cardiac Ultrasound, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Panyu YangDepartment of Cardiac Ultrasound, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Tingyu ZongDepartment of Cardiac Ultrasound, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Pin SunDepartment of Cardiac Ultrasound, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Rui-Cong SunDepartment of Cardiac Ultrasound, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Tao YuDepartment of Cardiac Ultrasound, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0925-2242
Zhirong JiangDepartment of Cardiac Ultrasound, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Qingdao University · CN

Funding

The National Natural Science Foundation of China 81870331The Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province ZR201911110516The Qingdao Municipal Science and Technology Bureau Project 21-1-4-rkjk-12-nsh, 19-6-1-2-nsh
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As a common air pollutant, formaldehyde is widely present in nature, industrial production and consumer products. Endogenous formaldehyde is mainly produced through the oxidative deamination of methylamine catalysed by semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase (SSAO) and is ubiquitous in human body fluids, tissues and cells. Vascular endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells are rich in this formaldehyde-producing enzyme and are easily damaged owing to consequent cytotoxicity. Consistent with this, increasing evidence suggests that the cardiovascular system and stages of heart development are also susceptible to the harmful effects of formaldehyde. Exposure to formaldehyde from different sources can induce heart disease such as arrhythmia, myocardial infarction (MI), heart failure (HF) and atherosclerosis (AS). In particular, long-term exposure to high concentrations of formaldehyde in pregnant women is more likely to affect embryonic development and cause heart malformations than long-term exposure to low concentrations of formaldehyde. Specifically, the ability of mouse embryos to effect formaldehyde clearance is far lower than that of the rat embryos, more readily allowing its accumulation. Formaldehyde may also exert toxic effects on heart development by inducing oxidative stress and cardiomyocyte apoptosis. This review focuses on the current progress in understanding the influence and underlying mechanisms of formaldehyde on cardiovascular disease and heart development.

Indexed as

AnimalsCardiovascular DiseasesDisinfectantsFemaleFormaldehydeHumansPregnancyPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsDisinfectantsFormaldehydeatherosclerosiscardiovascular diseaseformaldehydeheart developmentsemicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase

Identifiers

PMID33973354
PMCPMC8184665
OpenAlexW3160151743

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