ReviewReviews in cardiovascular medicine2023
A Review of Therapeutic Strategies against Cardiac Fibrosis: From Classical Pharmacology to Novel Molecular, Epigenetic, and Biotechnological Approaches.
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- Isoproterenol-induced cardiac hypertrophy: mechanistic insights, environmental stressor and molecular cardioprotection.Molecular biology reports · 2026Review
- Inactivation of AXL in Cardiac Fibroblasts Alleviates Right Ventricular Remodeling in Pulmonary Hypertension.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Cardiac fibroblast heterogeneity in cardiac fibrosis implication for cell-type-specific treatment.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Review
- Therapeutic Targets for Myocardial Fibrosis: A Comprehensive Review of Current and Emerging Approaches.Cardiovascular & hematological disorders drug targets · 2026Review
- Cardiac Hemorrhage Precedes Hypertension-induced Fibrosis in Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Deficient Mice.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Nanomedicine for Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiac Fibrosis.International journal of nanomedicine · 2025Review
- Vinpocetine alleviated alveolar epithelial cells injury in experimental pulmonary fibrosis by targeting PPAR-γ/NLRP3/NF-κB and TGF-β1/Smad2/3 pathways.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Early Impairment of Paracrine and Phenotypic Features in Resident Cardiac Mesenchymal Stromal Cells after Thoracic Radiotherapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
Cardiovascular diseases are the first cause of death worldwide, with a heavy social and economic impact. They include a wide range of pathological conditions, among which cardiac fibrosis represents a common pathogenetic hallmark. The fibrotic process is driven by cardiac mesenchymal stromal cells, namely fibroblasts, which become activated, proliferate, and differentiate into myofibroblasts in response to several stimuli, in the end secreting extracellular matrix proteins, and mediating cardiac tissue remodelling and stiffening. A specific therapy for the exclusive treatment of cardiac fibrosis is still lacking. Given the growing quest for reducing the burden of cardiovascular diseases, there is increasing interest in the search for new effective anti-fibrotic therapies. In this review, we will briefly summarize the limited pharmacological therapies known to act, at least in part, against cardiac fibrosis. Then we will present novel potential active molecules, molecular targets, and biotechnological approaches emerged in the last decade, as possible future therapeutic strategies for cardiac fibrosis, with a specific focus on targeting fibroblast activation and function.
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