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ArticleNature communications2025

N-Cadherin promotes cardiac regeneration by potentiating pro-mitotic β-Catenin signaling in cardiomyocytes.

Yi-Wei Tsai, Yi-Shuan Tseng, Yu-Shuo Wu, Wei-Lun Song, Min-Yi You, Yun-Chia Hsu, Wen-Pin Chen, Wei-Han Huang, Jia-Ci Chng, Chai-Ling Lim and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Signaling pathways regulating cardiac regeneration.Cell regeneration (London, England) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors.

Yi-Wei Tsai *Department and Graduate Institute of Pharmacology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7474-8765
Yi-Shuan Tseng *Department and Graduate Institute of Pharmacology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-6944-8943
Yu-Shuo WuDepartment and Graduate Institute of Pharmacology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Wei-Lun SongDepartment and Graduate Institute of Pharmacology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Min-Yi YouDepartment and Graduate Institute of Pharmacology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Yun-Chia HsuDepartment and Graduate Institute of Pharmacology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Wen-Pin ChenDepartment and Graduate Institute of Pharmacology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0143-5642
Wei-Han HuangDepartment and Graduate Institute of Pharmacology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Jia-Ci ChngInstitute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Chai-Ling LimInstitute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Ke-Hsuan WeiTaiwan International Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-8935-8432
Shih-Lei Ben LaiInstitute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Wen-Chih LeeDepartment and Graduate Institute of Pharmacology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6436-731X
Kai-Chien YangDepartment and Graduate Institute of Pharmacology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. kcyang@ntu.edu.tw.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9128-9166

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adult human hearts exhibit limited regenerative capacity. Post-injury cardiomyocyte (CM) loss can lead to myocardial dysfunction and failure. Although neonatal mammalian hearts can regenerate, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain elusive. Herein, comparative transcriptome analyses identify adherens junction protein N-Cadherin as a crucial regulator of CM proliferation/renewal. Its expression correlates positively with mitotic genes and shows an age-dependent reduction. N-Cadherin is upregulated in the neonatal mouse heart following injury, coinciding with increased CM mitotic activities. N-Cadherin knockdown reduces, whereas overexpression increases, the proliferation activity of neonatal mouse CMs and human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived CMs. Mechanistically, N-Cadherin binds and stabilizes pro-mitotic transcription regulator β-Catenin, driving CM self-renewal. Targeted N-Cadherin deletion in CMs impedes cardiac regeneration in neonatal mice, leading to excessive scarring. N-Cadherin overexpression, by contrast, promotes regeneration in adult mouse hearts following ischemic injury. N-Cadherin targeting presents a promising avenue for promoting cardiac regeneration and restoring function in injured adult human hearts.

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beta CateninCadherinsHeartMyocytes, CardiacRegenerationAnimalsAnimals, NewbornAntigens, CDCell ProliferationHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMitosisSignal TransductionAntigens, CDbeta CateninCadherinsCDH2 protein, humanCdh2 protein, mouse

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