Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40307543›Full record

ArticleNature2025

Selective inhibition of stromal mechanosensing suppresses cardiac fibrosis.

Sangkyun Cho, Siyeon Rhee, Christopher M Madl, Arianne Caudal, Dilip Thomas, Hyeonyu Kim, Ana Kojic, Hye Sook Shin, Abhay Mahajan, James W Jahng and 12 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Sangkyun Cho *Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. sangcho@stanford.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2961-2847
Siyeon Rhee *Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7642-4016
Christopher M MadlDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3221-5041
Arianne CaudalStanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9836-9436
Dilip ThomasStanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Hyeonyu KimStanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Ana KojicStanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Hye Sook ShinStanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Abhay MahajanStanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-9731-5497
James W JahngStanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Xi WangCOPPER Laboratory, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
Phung N ThaiDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7344-150X
David T PaikStanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7830-312X
Mingqiang WangStanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
McKay MullenStanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Natalie M BakerStanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Jeremy LeitzGreenstone Biosciences, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Souhrid MukherjeeGreenstone Biosciences, Palo Alto, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8355-3000
Virginia D WinnStanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1136-2907
Y Joseph WooStanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2506-492X
Helen M BlauStanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6503-5480
Joseph C WuStanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. joewu@stanford.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6068-8041

Funding

Elucidating Mechanism of Cardiac Fibrosis with Cell Village of Pooled Human iPSCsR01HL130020 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Ronglih Liao, MARK MERCOLA · 2016 to 2026
$7.3M
Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells for Cardiovascular Disease ModelingR01HL113006 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI WU, JOSEPH C. · 2012 to 2025
$6.8M
Human iPSCs for Elucidating Intercellular Crosstalk Signaling in Dilated CardiomyopathyR01HL141371 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI WONG, WING H., WU, JOSEPH C. · 2018 to 2025
$6.2M
Modeling Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor-Induced Vascular Dysfunction Using Human iPSCsR01HL141851 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI WONG, WING H., WU, JOSEPH C. · 2018 to 2025
$5.7M
Single Cell Sequencing of Human iPSC-CM Subtype Identity and FunctionR01HL145676 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI MARK MERCOLA, Joseph C. Wu · 2019 to 2026
$5.1M
Human iPSC Model to Elucidate Metabolic Interplay in Diabetic CardimyopathyR01HL146690 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI LIAO, RONGLIH, MERCOLA, MARK · 2019 to 2025
$5.1M
Elucidating Anthracycline-Induced Cell Type-Specific Cardiovascular Toxicity with CRISPRi/a ScreensR01HL150693 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Ronglih Liao, Joseph C. Wu · 2021 to 2026
$4.1M
Elucidating ECM Signaling in Cardiac Organoids with Machine Learning and Single-cell MultiomicsR01HL163680 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI RAJADAS, JAYAKUMAR, WONG, WING H. · 2022 to 2025
$2.5M
Elucidating the Role of Microenvironment Mechanics in Regulating Cardiac Myofibroblast PlasticityR00HL166695 · NHLBI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Sangkyun Cho · 2025 to 2026
$497k
Elucidating the Role of Microenvironment Mechanics in Regulating Cardiac Myofibroblast PlasticityK99HL166695 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CHO, SANGKYUN · 2023 to 2024
$261k
Unraveling Adverse Effects of Checkpoint Inhibitors Using iPSC-derived Cardiac OrganoidsK99HL163443 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI THOMAS, DILIP · 2023 to 2024
$249k
Human iPSCs for Elucidating Stress-mediated Paracrine Signaling in Dilated CardiomyopathyF32HL152483 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CHO, SANGKYUN · 2020 to 2021
$127k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Matrix-derived biophysical cues are known to regulate the activation of fibroblasts and their subsequent transdifferentiation into myofibroblasts

Indexed as

Mechanotransduction, CellularMyocardiumStromal CellsAnimalsBenzodioxolesDisease Models, AnimalExtracellular MatrixFemaleFibroblastsFibrosisHeart FailureHumansMaleMiceMyofibroblastsSingle-Cell AnalysisBenzodioxolessrc-Family KinasesTransforming Growth Factor beta

Identifiers

PMID40307543
PMCPMC12176515

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