Search Results - "Avolio, Elisa"
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Cardiac pericyte reprogramming by MEK inhibition promotes arteriologenesis and angiogenesis of the ischemic heart
Published in The Journal of clinical investigation (16-05-2022)“…Pericytes (PCs) are abundant yet remain the most enigmatic and ill-defined cell population in the heart. Here, we investigated whether PCs can be reprogrammed…”
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Perivascular cells and tissue engineering: Current applications and untapped potential
Published in Pharmacology & therapeutics (Oxford) (01-03-2017)“…The recent development of tissue engineering provides exciting new perspectives for the replacement of failing organs and the repair of damaged tissues…”
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Transplantation of Human Pericyte Progenitor Cells Improves the Repair of Infarcted Heart Through Activation of an Angiogenic Program Involving Micro-RNA-132
Published in Circulation research (30-09-2011)“…RATIONALE:Pericytes are key regulators of vascular maturation, but their value for cardiac repair remains unknown. OBJECTIVE:We investigated the therapeutic…”
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Combined Intramyocardial Delivery of Human Pericytes and Cardiac Stem Cells Additively Improves the Healing of Mouse Infarcted Hearts Through Stimulation of Vascular and Muscular Repair
Published in Circulation research (08-05-2015)“…RATIONALE:Optimization of cell therapy for cardiac repair may require the association of different cell populations with complementary activities…”
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Author Correction: The adipokine leptin modulates adventitial pericyte functions by autocrine and paracrine signalling
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MEK inhibitors: a promising targeted therapy for cardiovascular disease
Published in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine (01-07-2024)“…Cardiovascular disease (CVD) represents the leading cause of mortality and disability all over the world. Identifying new targeted therapeutic approaches has…”
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The tyrosine kinase inhibitor Dasatinib reduces cardiac steatosis and fibrosis in obese, type 2 diabetic mice
Published in Cardiovascular diabetology (17-08-2023)“…Cardiac steatosis is an early yet overlooked feature of diabetic cardiomyopathy. There is no available therapy to treat this condition. Tyrosine kinase…”
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Role for Substance P―Based Nociceptive Signaling in Progenitor Cell Activation and Angiogenesis During Ischemia in Mice and in Human Subjects
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (10-04-2012)“…Pain triggers a homeostatic alarm reaction to injury. It remains unknown, however, whether nociceptive signaling activated by ischemia is relevant for…”
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Ex Vivo Molecular Rejuvenation Improves the Therapeutic Activity of Senescent Human Cardiac Stem Cells in a Mouse Model of Myocardial Infarction
Published in Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) (01-09-2014)“…Cardiac stem cells (CSC) from explanted decompensated hearts (E‐CSC) are, with respect to those obtained from healthy donors (D‐CSC), senescent and…”
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Boosting the pentose phosphate pathway restores cardiac progenitor cell availability in diabetes
Published in Cardiovascular research (01-01-2013)“…Diabetes impinges upon mechanisms of cardiovascular repair. However, the biochemical adaptation of cardiac stem cells to sustained hyperglycaemia remains…”
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BPIFB4 and its longevity-associated haplotype protect from cardiac ischemia in humans and mice
Published in Cell death & disease (15-08-2023)“…Long-living individuals (LLIs) escape age-related cardiovascular complications until the very last stage of life. Previous studies have shown that a…”
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In Vitro and In Vivo Preclinical Testing of Pericyte-Engineered Grafts for the Correction of Congenital Heart Defects
Published in Journal of the American Heart Association (18-02-2020)“…Background We have previously reported the possibility of using pericytes from leftovers of palliative surgery of congenital heart disease to engineer…”
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The adipokine leptin modulates adventitial pericyte functions by autocrine and paracrine signalling
Published in Scientific reports (14-07-2017)“…Transplantation of adventitial pericytes (APCs) improves recovery from tissue ischemia in preclinical animal models by still unknown mechanisms. This study…”
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Transplantation of Allogeneic Pericytes Improves Myocardial Vascularization and Reduces Interstitial Fibrosis in a Swine Model of Reperfused Acute Myocardial Infarction
Published in Journal of the American Heart Association (23-01-2018)“…Background Transplantation of adventitial pericytes (APCs) promotes cardiac repair in murine models of myocardial infarction. The aim of present study was to…”
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Umbilical Cord Pericytes Provide a Viable Alternative to Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Neonatal Vascular Engineering
Published in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine (21-01-2021)“…Reconstructive surgery of congenital heart disease (CHD) remains inadequate due to the inability of prosthetic grafts to match the somatic growth of pediatric…”
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Fabrication of New Hybrid Scaffolds for in vivo Perivascular Application to Treat Limb Ischemia
Published in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine (19-11-2020)“…Cell therapies are emerging as a new therapeutic frontier for the treatment of ischemic disease. However, femoral occlusions can be challenging environments…”
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Personalized Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine: Targeting the Extreme Stages of Life
Published in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine (27-11-2019)“…Cardiovascular regenerative medicine is an exciting new approach that promises to change the current care of million people world-wide. Major emphasis was…”
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Reconstruction of the Swine Pulmonary Artery Using a Graft Engineered With Syngeneic Cardiac Pericytes
Published in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology (09-09-2021)“…The neonatal heart represents an attractive source of regenerative cells. Here, we report the results of a randomized, controlled, investigator-blinded…”
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Multi-Omics Analysis of Diabetic Heart Disease in the db/db Model Reveals Potential Targets for Treatment by a Longevity-Associated Gene
Published in Cells (Basel, Switzerland) (21-05-2020)“…Characterisation of animal models of diabetic cardiomyopathy may help unravel new molecular targets for therapy. Long-living individuals are protected from the…”
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