cardiac fibroblasts

[Scientific Reports] Rat primary cardiac fibroblasts were isolated and transformed into myofibroblasts using 5 ng/ml TGF-β1. Transformation of cells to myofibroblasts was confirmed with the presence of α-smooth muscle actin using Western blot.

[Scientific Reports] The authors aimed to determine a disintegrin-like and metalloproteinase domain with thrombospondin type 1 motifs-like (ADAMTSL) levels in failing hearts, and to elucidate the role of ADAMTSL2 in fibrosis using cultured human cardiac fibroblasts

[Cell Death & Disease] Rat cardiomyocyte cell line H9C2 and primary rat cardiac fibroblasts were cultured in conditioned media generated from epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) of rats in the myocardial infarction 4-week group (EAT-CM). Functionally, EAT-CM enlarged the cell surface area of H9C2 cells and reinforced cardiac fibroblast activation into myofibroblasts by elevating intracellular reactive oxygen species levels.

[NPJ Regenerative Medicine] By multiple in vitro studies, the rhACE2 patch demonstrated effectiveness in reducing cardiomyocytes apoptosis under hypoxia stress and inhibiting cardiac fibroblasts proliferation, which gave evidence for its in vivo efficacy.

[Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology] Scientists review the recent progress in development of non-viral approaches to directly reprogram somatic cells towards cardiomyocytes and their therapeutic application for heart regeneration.

[Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology] In recent years, direct reprogramming of resident cardiac fibroblasts to induced cardiac-like myocytes has emerged as a promising therapeutic strategy to repurpose the fibrotic response of the injured heart toward a functional myocardium.