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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2024

Fibroblast Diversity and Epigenetic Regulation in Cardiac Fibrosis.

Laura Pilar Aguado-Alvaro, Nerea Garitano, Beatriz Pelacho

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Cardio-Vascular Extracellular Matrix: The Unmet Enigma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  12. Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025
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  14. Nanomedicine for Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiac Fibrosis.International journal of nanomedicine · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Laura Pilar Aguado-AlvaroDepartment of Biochemistry and Genetics, University of Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain.
Nerea GaritanoDepartment of Biochemistry and Genetics, University of Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain.
Beatriz PelachoDepartment of Biochemistry and Genetics, University of Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0411-7164

Funding

Agencia Estatal de Investigación PCI2023-143394Gobierno de Navarra 0011-0537-2019-000012Gobierno de Navarra 0011-1408-2021-000013Gobierno de Navarra 20-2022Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI22/00029
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiac fibrosis, a process characterized by excessive extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition, is a common pathological consequence of many cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) normally resulting in organ failure and death. Cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) play an essential role in deleterious cardiac remodeling and dysfunction. In response to injury, quiescent CFs become activated and adopt a collagen-secreting phenotype highly contributing to cardiac fibrosis. In recent years, studies have been focused on the exploration of molecular and cellular mechanisms implicated in the activation process of CFs, which allow the development of novel therapeutic approaches for the treatment of cardiac fibrosis. Transcriptomic analyses using single-cell RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) have helped to elucidate the high cellular diversity and complex intercellular communication networks that CFs establish in the mammalian heart. Furthermore, a significant body of work supports the critical role of epigenetic regulation on the expression of genes involved in the pathogenesis of cardiac fibrosis. The study of epigenetic mechanisms, including DNA methylation, histone modification, and chromatin remodeling, has provided more insights into CF activation and fibrotic processes. Targeting epigenetic regulators, especially DNA methyltransferases (DNMT), histone acetylases (HAT), or histone deacetylases (HDAC), has emerged as a promising approach for the development of novel anti-fibrotic therapies. This review focuses on recent transcriptomic advances regarding CF diversity and molecular and epigenetic mechanisms that modulate the activation process of CFs and their possible clinical applications for the treatment of cardiac fibrosis.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticFibroblastsFibrosisAnimalsDNA MethylationHumansMyocardiumcardiac fibroblastepigeneticsfibrosistherapeutic approachtranscriptomics

Identifiers

PMID38892192
PMCPMC11172550

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