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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Cardiac differentiation"”.
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miR-322/503 Cluster Drives Cardiac Differentiation by Inhibiting CUG-binding Protein 1
Understanding the mechanisms of early cardiac fate determination may lead to better approaches in promoting heart regeneration after injury. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) involved in the process are particularly interesting due to their small profile and relatively shorter path to clinic. With Mesp1 as the …
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TIMP-1 Activates a Unique Cardiac Stem Cell Population, CD63+ve/C-KIT+ve, Thereby Enhancing Cardiac Differentiation, and Protects the Heart From Adverse Cardiac Remodeling Following Myocardial Infarction
… potential to engraft and differentiate into cardiac myocytes following transplantation into the infarcted heart. However, the ability of TIMP-1 to activate endogenous stem cells and enhance their differentiation into cardiac regenerative cell types is still unknown. We postulate that TIMP-1 …
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LONG NON-CODING RNA VENTHEART IS NECESSARY FOR VENTRICULAR CARDIOMYOCYTE SPECIFICATION AND FUNCTION
Cardiac development is tightly regulated by various modulators including long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), which influence gene expression and cardiac cell fate. This thesis focuses on verifying and characterizing of one key lncRNA, VENTHEART (VHRT), which was identified as one of the top upregulated …
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Preparation and Characterization of Electrospun rGO-Poly(ester amide) Tissue Engineering Scaffolds
… stimulation is particularly relevant for cardiac and neural applications, and requires conductive scaffolds to propagate electrical signals; cell infiltration is only possible with scaffolds that have sufficient porosity. The aim of this study was to impart conductivity and increased …
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Modelling Brugada Syndrome using induced pluripotent stem cells
… hearts. The majority of mutations involve the cardiac sodium channel gene SCN5A and give rise to classical symptoms, which include an abnormal electrocardiogram with ST segment elevation and a predisposition to ventricular fibrillation. To date, the implantation of a cardioverter defibrillator …
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Analysis of an epigenetic regulator in mouse embryonic stem cell self-renewal and differentiation
… system to address the implication of Trx2 in differentiation. This study showed that Trx2 is redundant for ES cell self-renewal. Homozygous trx2 knockout ES cells did not exhibit cell cycle defects. However, loss of Trx2 resulted in reduced proliferation and increased apoptosis rates in …
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A study on the role of oxidative stress and protein kinase signalling in hyperglycaemia induced cardiac remodelling
… leads to a maladaptation called pathological cardiac remodelling and occurs via oxidative stress due to excess production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). In the heart, ROS modulates cardiac differentiation, cardiomyocyte proliferation, and myocardial tissue growth via ROS-sensitive protein …
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Investigation of the mechanisms underlying the effects of hyperglycaemia on cardiac structural and electrical remodelling
… drug targets remain unclear. In this study, a cardiac developmental cellular model was used to study hyperglycaemia-induced remodelling. Methods: Mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) were differentiated into pulsatile, cardiac-like cells via embryoid body (EB) formation and cultured under …
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Characterizing PIAS1 Function During Embryogenesis and Lung Cancer Progression
… during embryonic organogenesis, tissue differentiation and human tumor progression; with a focus on non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC). The SUMO E3 ligase protein inhibitor of activated STAT-1 (PIAS1) is one the few known SUMO conjugating enzymes known to date. PIAS1 was first …