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Online-only Nature Research journal that publishes basic, translational, clinical and public health research in cardiac, vascular and blood biology. www.nature.com/natcardiovascres

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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 01/04/2026
❤️Our March issue is out❤️Read about an AI model using echocardiography images improves cardiac diagnosis, LVAD unloading alleviates cellular senescence, inhibition of a hematopoietic death regulator shows cardioprotection, and more. www.nature.com/natcardiovas...
Image: Yuka Morikawa at The Texas Heart Institute at Baylor College of Medicine. Cover design: Francesca Corra

Microvascular senescence in single ventricle disease

Image shows IL6 expression in samples from individuals with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Red denotes IL6; purple denotes endothelial cells; green denotes cardiac fibroblasts; white denotes cell boundaries; and blue denotes nuclei.
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 27/02/2026
❤️Our February issue is out❤️Read about self-powered stent for real-time monitoring, cardiomyocyte regeneration through glucocorticoid receptor antagonism, immunometabolic targeting for type 2 diabetic cardiomyopathy, and more. www.nature.com/natcardiovas...
Image: Jun Chen Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles. Cover design: Bethany Vukomanovic

Magnetoelastic stent for restenosis diagnosis
Chen et al. describe a smart stent that combines mechanical support with continuous blood-flow sensing and demonstrate its functionality in vivo for restenosis diagnosis.
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 27/02/2026
Research | Lazarevic et al. reveal a shared loss of a TBX5-dependent atrial gene network in cardiomyocytes and a disease-specific network gain in activated fibroblasts across atrial fibrillation and heart failure models. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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A reduced TBX5-dependent gene regulatory network links atrial fibrillation and heart failure - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Lazarevic et al. reveal a shared loss of a TBX5-dependent atrial gene network in cardiomyocytes and a disease-specific network gain in activated fibroblasts across atrial fibrillation and heart failur...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 25/02/2026
Research|Chen et al. developed a self-powered smart magnetoelastic stent for real-time hemodynamic monitoring and stenosis detection. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Self-powered in-stent restenosis diagnosis via magnetoelastic stents - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Chen et al. developed a self-powered smart magnetoelastic stent for real-time hemodynamic monitoring and stenosis detection.
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 06/02/2026
Research | Da Pra et al. show physiological glucocorticoids suppress growth-factor-induced cardiomyocyte regeneration by inhibiting ERK signaling and propose glucocorticoid receptor antagonism as a strategy to enhance their regenerative effects. www.nature.com/articles/s44... rdcu.be/e2Fa9
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Harnessing glucocorticoid receptor antagonism to enhance the efficacy of cardiac regenerative growth factors and cytokines - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Da Pra, Boriati and colleagues show that physiological glucocorticoids suppress growth-factor-induced cardiomyocyte regeneration by inhibiting ERK signaling and propose glucocorticoid receptor antagon...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 21/01/2026
21/01/2026 ❤️Our January issue is out❤️Read about pathogenic mechanism of mutated ribosomal protein PRL3L, identification of cardiac progenitor lineage linked to congenital heart disease, multimodal vision graph for drug repurposing, and more. www.nature.com/natcardiovas...
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TBX5 sets boundaries for a healthy heart
Kathiriya et al. identify a Tbx5 + /Mef2cAHF + cardiac progenitor lineage that demarcates the interventricular septum during development, and changes in this lineage contribute to congenital heart defects in mice. (see Kathiriya et al.)
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 19/01/2026
Research | Kathiriya et al identify a cardiac Tbx5+/Mef2cAHF+progenitor lineage that bisects the intraventricular septum during the development and show that alterations in this lineage lead to congenital heart disease. www.nature.com/articles/s44... rdcu.be/eZGiu
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A disrupted compartment boundary underlies abnormal cardiac patterning and congenital heart defects - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Kathiriya et al. identify a cardiac progenitor lineage with expression of Tbx5 and anterior heart field-specific expression of Mef2c that bisects the intraventricular septum during development and sho...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 19/12/2025
Big thanks to the Science Ministry of Serbia and our speakers, Drs. Knoblich, Guilliatt, Stewart, & Turco, and Profs. Radisic, Hedtrich, Clevers, Vunjak-Novakovic, Trayanova, Lütolf, Heilshorn, Dvir, Cho & Singh for the great event! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wmn...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 17/12/2025
❤️Our December issue is out❤️Read about a method to measure mitochondrial membrane potential in intact hearts, gene therapy for myocardial infarction, genetic association between thromboembolism and long COVID, and more. www.nature.com/natcardiovas...
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Genetic insights into long COVID
Human genetic analyses show that thromboembolism-related variants are associated with an increased risk of long COVID, suggesting shared pathogenic pathways and implicating the thrombin receptor PAR-1 as a potential contributor. (see Schuermans et al.)
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 18/11/2025
Research | Neo et al. map blood emergence from three hemogenic endothelial (HE) populations biased toward distinct blood fates. HE primed for stem progenitors shows elevated chromatin and RNA splicing gene expression and greater isoform diversity. doi.org/10.1038/s441... rdcu.be/eQxPN
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 13/11/2025
❤️Our November issue is out❤️Read about an imaging method that combines cardiac electrophysiology with 3D structural heart reconstruction, a targeted glycophagy ATG8 therapy reversing diabetic heart disease, and more. www.nature.com/natcardiovas...
Image: Leonardo Sacconi, Institute of Clinical Physiology. Cover design: Bethany Vukomanovic

Cardiac fibrosis and arrhythmia
Three-dimensional structural reconstruction of entire cleared mouse ventricles from a diseased heart acquired using mesoSPIM tomography. Myocardium is visualized by fluorescence (gray), and fibrosis is detected via scattered light (red) (see Giardini et al.).
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 12/11/2025
Research | Chan et al. generate a high-resolution spatiotemporal atlas of healing hearts and reveal cellular networks of lesion repair, including macrophage-fibroblast interactions that control late-stage fibrosis. doi.org/10.1038/s441... rdcu.be/ePzs6
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Spatiotemporal dynamics of the cardioimmune niche during lesion repair - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Chan et al. generate a high-resolution spatiotemporal atlas of healing hearts and reveal cellular networks of lesion repair, including macrophage–fibroblast interactions that control late-stage fibros...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 11/11/2025
Research | Chen, Wang, Zhong and colleagues show that females derive greater cardiovascular benefits from guideline-recommended levels of physical activity and require less activity than males to see their beneficial effects. doi.org/10.1038/s441... rdcu.be/ePoLS
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Sex differences in the association of wearable accelerometer-derived physical activity with coronary heart disease incidence and mortality - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Chen, Wang, Zhong and colleagues show that females derive greater cardiovascular benefits from guideline-recommended levels of physical activity and require less activity than males to see their benef...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 06/11/2025
Research | Tan et al. identify PRDM16 as a key repressor of fibrotic switching in smooth muscle cells and show that its downregulation in atherosclerosis drives smooth muscle cells toward a synthetic fate, promoting fibrous plaques. doi.org/10.1038/s441... rdcu.be/eOBP0
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PRDM16 regulates smooth muscle cell identity and atherosclerotic plaque composition - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Tan et al. identify PRDM16 as a key repressor of fibrotic switching in smooth muscle cells and show that its downregulation in atherosclerosis drives smooth muscle cells toward a synthetic fate, promo...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 05/11/2025
Research | Lin, Geng et al. identify a non-canonical AHR pathway that is activated by canonical AHR inhibitors, promoting the proliferation of quiescent endothelial cells with potential applications in cell therapy. doi.org/10.1038/s441... rdcu.be/eOoxB
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A non-canonical aryl hydrocarbon receptor pathway authorizes and safeguards clinical-scale expansion of functional human endothelial cells - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Lin, Geng and colleagues identify a non-canonical AHR pathway that is activated by canonical AHR inhibitors, promoting the proliferation of quiescent endothelial cells with potential applications in c...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 04/11/2025
Research | Amiad Pavlov, Heffler et al. demonstrate that stress transmitted to the cardiomyocyte nucleus by the microtubule cage drives LMNA-associated cardiomyopathy and may represent a promising therapeutic target. doi.org/10.1038/s441... rdcu.be/eOeTA
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Microtubule forces drive nuclear damage in LMNA cardiomyopathy - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Amiad Pavlov, Heffler, et al. demonstrate that stress transmitted to the cardiomyocyte nucleus by the microtubule cage drives LMNA-associated cardiomyopathy and may represent a promising therapeutic t...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 31/10/2025
Research | Yamazoe et al. show that B-cell derived autoantibodies contribute to the development of atrial fibrillation, suggesting that targeting the humoral immune response may represent a viable therapeutic approach. doi.org/10.1038/s441... rdcu.be/eNFJV
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B cells promote atrial fibrillation via autoantibodies - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Yamazoe et al. show that B cell-derived autoantibodies contribute to the development of atrial fibrillation, suggesting that targeting the humoral immune response may represent a viable therapeutic ap...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 21/10/2025
Research | Mulholland et al. identify progenitor exhausted T cells, expressing intermediate levels of PD1, as a prominent source of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the murine atherosclerotic aorta and potential cellular targets. doi.org/10.1038/s441... rdcu.be/eL2nN
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Progenitor exhausted PD-1+ T cells are cellular targets of immune checkpoint inhibition in atherosclerosis - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Mulholland et al. identify progenitor exhausted T cells, expressing intermediate levels of PD-1 (PD-1int), as a prominent source of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the murine atherosclerotic aorta and p...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 15/10/2025
❤️Our October issue is out❤️Read about the RNA editing enzyme ADAR1 regulating atherosclerosis progression, PGC-1α and cardiac adaptation to exercise training, the role of LYVE1-macrophages in heart regeneration and peripheral artery disease, and more.
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RNA editing in atherosclerosis: 
Weldy et al. show that expression of the RNA-editing enzyme ADAR1 in smooth muscle cells regulates activation of the double-stranded RNA sensor MDA5, in a new model of atherosclerosis.
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 14/10/2025
Research | Barbera et al. identify and map genetic variants that alter the characteristics of vascular smooth muscle cells and contribute to the risk of coronary artery disease. doi.org/10.1038/s441... rdcu.be/eKY2S
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 13/10/2025
Research | Giardini et al. present an imaging method that combines measurements of cardiac electrophysiology with high-resolution 3D structural reconstructions and detects electrical coupling between cardiomyocytes and non-myocytes in murine hearts. doi.org/10.1038/s441... rdcu.be/eKNZT
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 10/10/2025
Research | Wünnemann et al. generate a subcellular resolution spatial map of the murine heart after myocardial infarction, revealing that immune cells can infiltrate the organ through the endocardium. doi.org/10.1038/s441... rdcu.be/eKnDf
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Spatial multiomics of acute myocardial infarction reveals immune cell infiltration through the endocardium - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Wünnemann et al. generate a subcellular resolution spatial map of the murine heart after myocardial infarction, revealing that immune cells can infiltrate the organ through the endocardium.
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 09/10/2025
Research | Boccella, Yu and colleagues reveal that the transmembrane protein ANTXR1 regulates post-infarction fibrotic remodelling, and its inhibition blocks collagen turnover and improves heart function. doi.org/10.1038/s441... rdcu.be/eKcfF
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ANTXR1 blockade enhances cardiac function in preclinical models of heart failure - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Boccella, Yu and colleagues reveal that the transmembrane protein ANTXR1 regulates post-infarction fibrotic remodeling, and its inhibition blocks collagen turnover and improves heart function.
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 08/10/2025
Research | Lekkos et al. show that a metabolic switch towards oxidative phosphorylation is required for cardiomyocyte re-differentiation and heart regeneration after injury in fish. doi.org/10.1038/s441... rdcu.be/eJ3sB
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Oxidative phosphorylation is required for cardiomyocyte re-differentiation and long-term fish heart regeneration - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Lekkos et al. show that a metabolic switch toward oxidative phosphorylation is required for cardiomyocyte re-differentiation and heart regeneration after injury in fish.
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 07/10/2025
Research | Deficiency of GAPARAPL1 impairs diastolic function in diabetic mice. This effect can be reversed by gene delivery of the gene encoding GABARAPL1 in diabetic mice and in human organoids of type 2 diabetes. @DelbridgeLab doi.org/10.1038/s441... rdcu.be/eJSl7
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Targeted glycophagy ATG8 therapy reverses diabetic heart disease in mice and in human engineered cardiac tissues - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Mellor et al. report that deficiency of GABARAPL1, an ATG8-specific linking protein, impairs diastolic function in diabetic mice. This effect can be reversed by gene delivery of the gene encoding GABARAPL1 in diabetic mice and a human organoid model of type 2 diabetes.
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 23/09/2025
❤️Our September issue is out❤️Discover how primary cilia regulate valve development, a human ocular outflow on-chip, regional and sex-specific transcriptional programs in the aorta and more! www.nature.com/natcardiovas...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 29/08/2025
Our chief editor, Vesna Todorovic, and associate editor Andrea Tavosanis are attending the #ESCCongress in Madrid! Get in touch if you would like to learn more about the journal or discuss your work
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 19/08/2025
Research | Watanabe et al. show that cytopathic hypoxia, through the upregulation of COX2 and secretory PLA2, stabilises HIF-1a, contributing to impaired mitochondrial respiration and reduced cardiac contraction in septic cardiomyopathy. doi.org/10.1038/s441...
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Excessive HIF-1α driven by phospholipid metabolism causes septic cardiomyopathy through cytopathic hypoxia - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Watanabe et al. show that cytopathic hypoxia, through upregulation of COX2 and secretory PLA2, stabilizes HIF-1α, contributing to impaired mitochondrial respiration and reduced cardiac contraction in ...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 13/08/2025
❤️Our August issue is out❤️Discover how premenstrual disorders increase cardiovascular risk, a new diagnostic deep learning model for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the relationship between membrane cholesterol accessibility and vascular leakage, and more! www.nature.com/natcardiovas...
Image: Heart and uterus image: Viarshyla Hanna / Alamy Stock Photo. Cover design: Bethany Vukomanovic
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 12/08/2025
Zheng et al. generate a triple phospho-ablation mouse model to show that RyR2 phosphorylation at canonical sites is dispensable for chronotropy and inotropy, but required for electrical stability during adrenergic stimulation. rdcu.be/eArYg doi.org/10.1038/s441...
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Preventing the phosphorylation of RyR2 at canonical sites reduces Ca2+ leak and promotes arrhythmia by reactivating the INa current
Nature Cardiovascular Research - Zheng et al. generated a mouse model of phospho-ablation in all canonical ryanodine receptor 2 (RyR2) phosphorylation sites. They show that RyR2 phosphorylation at...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 29/07/2025
Ding, Y., Chen, J., Liu, S. et al show that tetraspanin regulates the level of accessible cholesterol on endothelial cells via OSBP/ORP-mediated transport to balance Cdc42 and RhoA activities and influence vascular inflammation. rdcu.be/eym4W
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Tetraspanin-enriched membrane domains regulate vascular leakage by altering membrane cholesterol accessibility to balance antagonistic GTPases
Nature Cardiovascular Research - By regulating the level of accessible cholesterol on endothelial cells via OSBP/ORP-mediated transport, tetraspanin tunes the balance of Cdc42 and RhoA activities...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 22/07/2025
Research | Sangha, Dhingra et al. develop and validate a deep learning model to diagnose hypertrophic cardiomyopathy from electrocardiographic images, demonstrating its effectiveness across multiple 12-lead layouts. rdcu.be/exm9t
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Identification of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy on electrocardiographic images with deep learning - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Sangha, Dhingra et al. develop and validate a deep learning model to diagnose hypertrophic cardiomyopathy from electrocardiographic images, demonstrating its effectiveness across multiple 12-lead layo...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 17/07/2025
Research| Chou et al. demonstrate that activation of the thrombin receptor PAR1 in the lung lymphatic vasculature augments lung lymphatic drainage in models of lung injury. rdcu.be/ewDHm
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The thrombin receptor PAR1 orchestrates changes in lymphatic endothelial cell junction morphology to augment lymphatic drainage during lung injury - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Chou et al. demonstrate that activation of the thrombin receptor protease-activated receptor 1 in the lung lymphatic vasculature mediates morphological changes in lymphatic endothelial cell junctions ...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 15/07/2025
❤️Our July issue is out❤️Discover an Angiopoietin-TIE2-dependent circuit promoting venous malformations, complex disease modelling in cardiac organoids, regulation of cardiac homeostasis by methyonil tRNA synthetase, and more! www.nature.com/natcardiovas...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 11/07/2025
Research | Yang et al draw evidence from population-based and sibling cohort studies to reveal that women suffering from premenstrual disorders are at an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. doi.org/10.1038/s441...
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Premenstrual disorders and risk of cardiovascular diseases
Nature Cardiovascular Research - Yang et al. draw evidence from population-based and sibling cohort studies to reveal that women suffering from premenstrual disorders are at an increased risk of...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 08/07/2025
Research | Jafari and colleagues reveal disease severity–linked right ventricle remodelling in pulmonary hypertension and identify key molecules, unveiling mechanisms of right ventricle recovery after pulmonary endarterectomy. rdcu.be/evlHO
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Transcriptional changes of the extracellular matrix in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension govern right ventricle remodeling and recovery
Nature Cardiovascular Research - Through RNA profiling of right ventricular tissue from patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, Jafari et al. uncover mechanisms underlying...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 07/07/2025
Research | Li, Lu et al. Demonstrate that O-GlcNAcylation enhances angiogenic transdifferentiation from fibroblasts to endothelial cells through a HIRE-dependent H3.3 deposition mechanism and facilitates vascular regeneration. rdcu.be/evbUz
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O-GlcNAcylation promotes angiogenic transdifferentiation to reverse vascular ischemia
Nature Cardiovascular Research - Li, Lu et al. demonstrate that O-GlcNAcylation enhances angiogenic transdifferentiation from fibroblasts to endothelial cells through a HIRA-dependent H3.3...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 03/07/2025
Research | Lai et al. present the machine learning model MAARS to predict arrhythmic sudden cardiac death from multimodal imaging and clinical data in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. rdcu.be/euGtI
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Multimodal AI to forecast arrhythmic death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Lai et al. present the machine learning model MAARS to predict arrhythmic sudden cardiac death from multimodal imaging and clinical data in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 30/06/2025
Research | Pocock et al. reveal that transient activation of 5’ AMP-activated protein kinase and oestrogen-related receptor drives robust maturation of human cardiac organoids, enabling the modelling of desmoplakin cardiomyopathy. @qimrb.bsky.social rdcu.be/et6S0
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Maturation of human cardiac organoids enables complex disease modeling and drug discovery
Nature Cardiovascular Research - Pocock et al. reveal that transient activation of 5′ AMP-activated protein kinase and estrogen-related receptor drives robust maturation of multicellular...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 27/06/2025
Research | Pampols-Perez et al. identify the mechanosensitive ion channel PIEZO2 as a marker for embryonic coronary artery endothelial cells and a regulator of coronary vascular remodelling and morphogenesis. rdcu.be/etLrc
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Mechanosensitive PIEZO2 channels shape coronary artery development - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Pampols-Perez et al. identify the mechanosensitive ion channel PIEZO2 as a novel marker for embryonic coronary artery endothelial cells and as a critical regulator of coronary vascular remodeling. The...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 26/06/2025
Research| Das et al. show that the correct editing activity of the methionyl tRNA synthetase, regulated by AIMP3, is required to prevent the accumulation of homocysteine and resulting cardiomyocyte death and cardiac dysfunction. rdcu.be/etxLM
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AIMP3 maintains cardiac homeostasis by regulating the editing activity of methionyl-tRNA synthetase - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Das et al. show that the correct editing activity of the methionyl tRNA synthetase, regulated by AIMP3, is required to prevent the accumulation of homocysteine and the resulting cardiomyocyte cell dea...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 23/06/2025
❤️Our June issue is out❤️Read about the insight from the LILACS trial on T-cell regulation in cardiology, empagliflozin’s role in protecting the kidney and preventing heart failure in the EMPACT-MI trial, and more! www.nature.com/natcardiovas...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 05/06/2025
Research| Wang, Tang et al. develop an iterative random forest pipeline to investigate epistasis in the genetic control of cardiac hypertrophy, identifying epistatic variants near the CCDC141, IGF1R, TTN, and TNKS loci. doi.org/10.1038/s441... rdcu.be/epB59
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Epistasis regulates genetic control of cardiac hypertrophy - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Wang, Tang and colleagues develop the low-signal signed iterative random forest pipeline to investigate epistasis in the genetic control of cardiac hypertrophy, identifying epistatic variants near CCD...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 03/06/2025
Research| Case et al. report that low-dose interleukin-2 clonally expands Tregs and maintains their suppressive program by bypassing BACH2 downregulation in patients with acute coronary syndrome from the LILACS trial. @aydencase.bsky.social rdcu.be/ephaW
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Low-dose interleukin-2 induces clonal expansion of BACH2-repressed effector regulatory T cells following acute coronary syndrome - Nature Cardiovascular Research
By integrating single-cell transcriptomics and T cell receptor repertoire analyses of regulatory T (Treg) cells in a cohort of patients with acute coronary syndrome from the LILACS trial, Case et al. ...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 27/05/2025
Research | Kraft et al. identify TIE2 activation as a key driver of PI3KCA-related venous malformations and demonstrate that inhibiting TIE2 signalling can suppress the growth of advanced lesions. rdcu.be/en0hU
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Angiopoietin–TIE2 feedforward circuit promotes PIK3CA-driven venous malformations - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Kraft et al. identify TIE2 activation as a key driver of PIK3CA-related venous malformations and demonstrate that inhibiting TIE2 signaling can suppress the growth of advanced lesions.
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 22/05/2025
Research | Lei et al. show that cold preservation of heart transplants triggers mineralocorticoid receptor clustering in cardiomyocyte nuclei, and blocking this improves heart transplant function. rdcu.be/enbAz
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Mineralocorticoid receptor phase separation modulates cardiac preservation - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Lei et al. show that cold preservation of heart transplants triggers mineralocorticoid receptor clustering in cardiomyocyte nuclei, and blocking this improves heart transplant function.
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 21/05/2025
Research| Qian, Ugurlu, Fairweather, et al. generate more than 3800 #CardiacDigitalTwins from imaging and ECGs to reveal electrophysiological insights and their links to cardiac function, lifestyle, mental health and clinical outcomes. rdcu.be/em0NT
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Developing cardiac digital twin populations powered by machine learning provides electrophysiological insights in conduction and repolarization
Nature Cardiovascular Research - Qian et al. used cardiac magnetic resonance images and electrocardiograms from the UK Biobank and an ischemic heart disease cohort and developed more than 3,500...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 19/05/2025
❤️Our May issue is out❤️Read our three articles focused on atherosclerosis, describing TLO-like structures within plaques, FDX1’s protective role, and how gut microbiota-derived bile acids suppress platelet activation, and more! www.nature.com/natcardiovas...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 16/05/2025
Research| Adamopoulos, Rovas et al. show that high regional wall shear stress correlates with fibrosis and electrical scarring in the left atrium of patients with atrial fibrillation, providing insight into the development of fibrotic tissue. rdcu.be/emh6y
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Left atrial wall shear stress correlates with fibrosis in patients with atrial fibrillation - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Adamopoulos, Rovas et al. show that high regional wall shear stress correlates with fibrosis and electrical scarring in the left atrium of patients with atrial fibrillation, providing insight into the...
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Nature Cardiovascular Research @natcardiovascres.nature.com · 14/05/2025
Research | Sadhu et al. identify and functionally validate ferredoxin-1 (FDX1) as a determinant of cholesterol metabolism and cardiovascular risk in Asian populations. rdcu.be/el1Xr
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Metabolome-wide association identifies ferredoxin-1 (FDX1) as a determinant of cholesterol metabolism and cardiovascular risk in Asian populations
Nature Cardiovascular Research - Sadhu et al. identify and functionally validate ferredoxin-1 (FDX1) as a determinant of cholesterol metabolism and cardiovascular risk in Asian populations.
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