Targeting pleiotropic signaling pathways to control adult cardiac stem cell fate and function

Theidentificationofdifferentpoolsofcardiacprogenitorcellsresidentintheadultmammalianheartopenedanewerainheartregenerationasameanstorestorethelossoffunctionalcardiactissueandovercomethelimitedavailabilityofdonororgans.Indeed,residentstemcellsarebelievedtoparticipatetotissuehomeostasisandrenewalinhealthyanddamagedmyocardiumalthoughtheiractualcontributiontotheseprocessesremainunclear.ThepooroutcomeintermsofcardiacregenerationfollowingtissuedamagepointoutattheneedforadeeperunderstandingofthemolecularmechanismscontrollingCPCbehaviorandfatedeterminationbeforenewtherapeuticstrategiescanbedeveloped.Theregulationofcardiacresidentstemcellfateandfunctionislikelytoresultfromtheinterplaybetweenpleiotropicsignalingpathwaysaswellastissue-andcell-specificregulators.Suchamodularinteraction—whichhasalreadybeendescribedinthenucleusofanumberofdifferentcellswheretranscriptionalcomplexesformtoactivatespecificgeneprograms—wouldaccountfortheuniqueresponsesofcardiacprogenitorstogeneralandtissue-specificstimuli.Thestudyofthemoleculardeterminantsinvolvedincardiacstem/progenitorcellregulatorymechanismsmayshedlightontheprocessesofcardiachomeostasisinhealthanddiseaseandthusprovidecluesontheactualfeasibilityofcardiaccelltherapythroughtissue-specificprogenitors.



Titolo: Targeting pleiotropic signaling pathways to control adult cardiac stem cell fate and function
Autori: 
GRASSI, GABRIELE
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Data di pubblicazione: 2014
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FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY  
Abstract: Theidentificationofdifferentpoolsofcardiacprogenitorcellsresidentintheadultmammalianheartopenedanewerainheartregenerationasameanstorestorethelossoffunctionalcardiactissueandovercomethelimitedavailabilityofdonororgans.Indeed,residentstemcellsarebelievedtoparticipatetotissuehomeostasisandrenewalinhealthyanddamagedmyocardiumalthoughtheiractualcontributiontotheseprocessesremainunclear.ThepooroutcomeintermsofcardiacregenerationfollowingtissuedamagepointoutattheneedforadeeperunderstandingofthemolecularmechanismscontrollingCPCbehaviorandfatedeterminationbeforenewtherapeuticstrategiescanbedeveloped.Theregulationofcardiacresidentstemcellfateandfunctionislikelytoresultfromtheinterplaybetweenpleiotropicsignalingpathwaysaswellastissue-andcell-specificregulators.Suchamodularinteraction—whichhasalreadybeendescribedinthenucleusofanumberofdifferentcellswheretranscriptionalcomplexesformtoactivatespecificgeneprograms—wouldaccountfortheuniqueresponsesofcardiacprogenitorstogeneralandtissue-specificstimuli.Thestudyofthemoleculardeterminantsinvolvedincardiacstem/progenitorcellregulatorymechanismsmayshedlightontheprocessesofcardiachomeostasisinhealthanddiseaseandthusprovidecluesontheactualfeasibilityofcardiaccelltherapythroughtissue-specificprogenitors.
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/11368/2814939
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2014.00219
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