myocardial infarction

[Animal] To investigate the preservative effects of vascular endothelial growth factor sensitization on ceramide-mediated programmed cell death of cardiomyocytes, palmitate-induced injury in H9c2 cells was established as an in vitro model.

[Circulation Research] VE-cadherin was an essential scaffolding protein to maintain pro-lymphangiogenic signaling nodes at the plasma membrane, which was required for the development and adult maintenance of cardiac lymphatics, but not for cardiac function basally or after injury.

[Nature Reviews Cardiology] The authors characterize the features and mechanisms of coronary microembolization and discuss the clinical trials of drugs and devices for prevention and treatment.

[Cell Stem Cell] Investigators reported that cardiac fibroblasts and mesenchymal progenitors are more hypoxic than other cardiac interstitial populations, express more hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α), and exhibited increased glycolytic metabolism.

[Med] Scientists developed a fluid-driven heart pouch with a memory-shaped microfabricated lattice structure inspired by origami. The pore size of the membrane was around 0.4 μm, which allowed for the penetration of growth factors and exosomes.

[Scientific Reports] The authors examined the immunohistochemical expression of heme oxygenase-1 in the heart samples to discuss their forensic significance to determine acute cardiac ischemia.