, Takeshi Kimura ID1, Koh Ono ID1* 1 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 2 Division of Translational Research, National Hospital Organization ... . Three gel images for Figs 2B and 4A. (PDF) S1 File. Bioinformatic analysis command lines. (PDF) Author Contributions Conceptualization: Koh Ono. Data curation: Koh Ono. PLOS ONE | https://doi.org
Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) and renal failure coexist and interact. However, scarce data about association between renal function and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing catheter ablation for AF are available. We sought to evaluate long-term renal function and clinical outcomes after AF ablation. Methods We enrolled 791 non-dialysis patients undergoing catheter...
Data and Material The datasets used or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request. Conflict of interest Koh Ono, Hiromichi Wada, Noriko Satoh
Recent high-throughput approaches have revealed a vast number of transcripts with unknown functions. Many of these transcripts are long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), and intergenic region-derived lncRNAs are classified as long intergenic noncoding RNAs (lincRNAs). Although Myosin heavy chain 6 (Myh6) encoding primary contractile protein is down-regulated in stressed hearts, the...
Vessel wall inflammation promotes the destabilization of atherosclerotic plaques. The lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor-1 (LOX-1) expressed by vascular cells and monocytes. LOX index is calculated by multiplying LOX-1 ligand containing apolipoprotein B level with the soluble LOX-1. A high LOX index reflects an increased risk for stroke and myocardial...
Acute cardiac rupture and adverse left ventricular (LV) remodeling causing heart failure are serious complications of acute myocardial infarction (MI). While cardio-hepatic interactions have been recognized, their role in MI remains unknown. We treated cultured cardiomyocytes with conditioned media from various cell types and analyzed the media by mass spectrometry to identify α1...
Background Despite recent progress with drug-eluting stents, restenosis and thrombosis after endovascular intervention are still major limitations in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. These problems are possibly caused by inappropriate inhibition of neointimal formation and retardation of re-endothelialization on the surface of the stents. miR-126 has been shown to have...
Background The genetic architecture of coronary artery disease has not been fully elucidated, especially in Asian countries. Moyamoya disease is a progressive cerebrovascular disease that is reported to be complicated by coronary artery disease. Because most Japanese patients with moyamoya disease carry the p.R4810K variant of the ring finger 213 gene (RNF213), this may also be a...
Background The mechanism of cardiac energy production against sustained pressure overload remains to be elucidated. Methods and Results We generated cardiac-specific kinase-dead (kd) calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase-β (CaMKKβ) transgenic (α-MHC CaMKKβkd TG) mice using α-myosin heavy chain (α-MHC) promoter. Although CaMKKβ activity was significantly reduced...
Background Recently, it has been reported that specific microRNA (miRNA) levels are elevated in serum and can be used as biomarkers in patients with cardiovascular diseases. However, miRNAs expression profiles and their sources in pericardial fluid (PF) are unclear. Methods and Results The purpose of this study was to identify the levels of miRNAs in PF in relation to those in...
Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) induces somatic mutations in various host genes of non-lymphoid tissues, thereby contributing to carcinogenesis. We recently demonstrated that Helicobacter pylori infection and/or proinflammatory cytokine stimulation triggers aberrant AID expression in gastric epithelial cells, causing mutations in the tumour-suppressor TP53 gene. The...
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MicroRNAs (miRs) are small non-protein-coding RNAs that bind to specific mRNAs and inhibit translation or promote mRNA degradation. Recent reports have indicated that miR-33, which is located within the intron of sterol regulatory element-binding protein (SREBP) 2, controls cholesterol homoeostasis and may be a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of atherosclerosis...
The mechanisms that lead from obesity to atherosclerotic disease are not fully understood. Obesity involves angiogenesis in which vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) plays a key role. On the other hand, vascular endothelial growth factor-C (VEGF-C) plays a pivotal role in lymphangiogenesis. Circulating levels of VEGF-A and VEGF-C are elevated in sera from obese subjects...
in situ hybridization. Author information AffiliationsDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University, KyotoTadashi Kakio, Akira Matsumori, Koh Ono, Haruyasu Ito & Shigetake ... for Akira Matsumori in:Nature Research journals • PubMed • Google Scholar Search for Koh Ono in:Nature Research journals • PubMed • Google Scholar Search for Haruyasu Ito in:Nature Research journals
