Ribonucleic acid-based therapy for cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis: LncRNA XIST decreases MiR-29 expression, activates Wnt- signaling and its components GSK3B, ICAT/CTNNBIP1, HBP1 and GLIS2, attenuates pathologic hypertrophy, inhibits fibrosis of the heart tissue, and improves cardiac function via upregulation of its target gene, 11/January/2019, 11.58 pm
Introduction: What they say: A recent study from the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Technical University Munich (TUM), 80802, Munich, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, 80802, Munich, Germany; and Mount Sinai, Cardiovascular Research Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA shows that […]
Music-based therapy for glaucoma: Music increases Nmnat1 expression, increases NAD+ levels, improves neuronal dysfunction, and protects against glaucoma, via down regulation of its target gene, 11/January/2019, 11.53 pm
Introduction: What they say A study from the The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts University of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA; The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA shows that “Vitamin B3 modulates mitochondrial vulnerability and prevents glaucoma in aged mice.” This research paper was published, […]
Steroids are called into action to attenuate arthritic pain: A pharmaceutical mixture encompassing Levonorgestrel and Estrodiol (E2) increases IL-9 levels, augments proliferation of ILC2s (type 2 innate lymphoid cells) and regulatory T (Treg) cells, promotes resolution of inflammation, attenuates cartilage destruction, decreases bone loss, and inhibits pathological features associated with arthritis via up-regulation of its target genes, 1/january/2019, 11.26 pm
Introduction: What they say A study from Department of Internal Medicine 3-Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany shows that “Resolution of inflammation by interleukin-9-producing type 2 innate lymphoid cells.” This research paper was published, in the 17 July 2017 issue of the journal “Nature Medicine” [One of the […]
Mesenchymal stem cell-based therapy for Cardiomyopathy: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) decrease the expression of Sox6, restore the balance between slow- and fast-twitch myofiber proteins and alleviate Cardiomyopathy, via upregulation of its target gene, 11/January/2019, 11.07 pm
Introduction: What they say A recent study from the Department of Cardiology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; and Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA shows that “Trbp regulates heart function through microRNA-mediated Sox6 repression.” This study was published, in the 2 June 2015 issue of the journal “Nature Genetics” (the number 1 research journal in Genetics with an impact factor of 29.648), by Prof. Da-Zhi Wang & Jian Ding, and […]
Molecular therapy for heart regeneration and repair: Metoprolol (trade name: Lopressor), used to treat high blood pressure and heart pain, increases Agrin expression, activates Yap and ERK-mediated signaling, replaces scar tissue with functional cardiomyocytes, and promotes cardiomyocyte regeneration and repair after myocardial infarction, via up regulation of its target gene, 11/January/2017, 10.24 pm
Introduction: What they say: A recent study from Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA; and Baylor College of Medicine and The Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas 77030, US shows that “The extracellular matrix protein Agrin promotes heart regeneration […]
Ribonucleic acid-based therapy for Myocardial Infarction: LncRNA ATB inhibits DNA damage responses, induces telomerase expression, inhibits telomere shortening, and promotes cardiomyocyte survival after myocardial infarction, via up-regulation of PNUTS, 9/January/2019, 12.28 am
What they say: A recent study from the Institute for Cardiovascular Regeneration, Centre of Molecular Medicine, Frankfurt, Germany shows that “MicroRNA-34a regulates cardiac ageing and function.” This study was published, in the 7 March 2013 issue of of the journal Nature, by Prof Dimmler, Boon, and others. What we say: On the foundation of this interesting finding, Dr L Boominathan PhD, Director-cum-chief Scientist of GBMD, reports that: Ribonucleic acid-based therapy for Myocardial Infarction: LncRNA ATB […]