Uncovering the cathepsin system in heart failure patients submitted to Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) implantation

Relationship between Pre-Implant Interleukin-6 Levels, Inflammatory Response, and Early Outcome in Patients Supported by Left Ventricular Assist Device: A Prospective Study

(2014) Raffaele Caruso et al.   PLoS One

Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2014 Update

(2013) Alan S. Go et al.   CIRCULATION

Impact of normalization strategy on cardiac expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines: Evaluation of reference genes in different human myocardial regions after Left Ventricular Assist Device support

(2013) Chiara Caselli et al.   CYTOKINE

Cathepsin K Knockout Alleviates Pressure Overload–Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy

(2013) Yinan Hua et al.   HYPERTENSION

Cathepsin K Activity Controls Injury-Related Vascular Repair in Mice

(2013) Lina Hu et al.   HYPERTENSION

IL-33/ST2 Pathway and Classical Cytokines in End-Stage Heart Failure Patients Submitted to Left Ventricular Assist Device Support: A Paradoxic Role for Inflammatory Mediators?

(2013) C. Caselli et al.   MEDIATORS OF INFLAMMATION

Cathepsin S as a biomarker: where are we now and what are the future challenges?

(2012) Johan Ärnlöv   Biomarkers in Medicine

Role for Cysteine Protease Cathepsins in Heart Disease

(2012) Xian Wu Cheng et al.   CIRCULATION

Emerging Role of Mast Cells and Macrophages in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases

(2012) Jia-Ming Xu et al.   ENDOCRINE REVIEWS

The paradox of left ventricular assist device unloading and myocardial recovery in end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy: implications for heart failure in the elderly

(2012) Craig R. Butler et al.   HEART FAILURE REVIEWS

Association of pre-operative interleukin-6 levels with Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support profiles and intensive care unit stay in left ventricular assist device patients

(2012) Raffaele Caruso et al.   JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION

Prevention of adverse cardiac remodeling to volume overload in female rats is the result of an estrogen-altered mast cell phenotype

(2011) Hong Lu et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Cysteine cathepsins: From structure, function and regulation to new frontiers

(2011) Vito Turk et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS

Role of various proteases in cardiac remodeling and progression of heart failure

(2011) Alison L. Müller et al.   HEART FAILURE REVIEWS

Clinical, Molecular, and Genomic Changes in Response to a Left Ventricular Assist Device

(2011) Jennifer L. Hall et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Simvastatin inhibited cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice fed a “Western-style diet” by increasing PPAR α and γ expression and reducing TC, MMP-9 and Cat S levels

(2010) Yan-wen Qin et al.   ACTA PHARMACOLOGICA SINICA

Cathepsin-L contributes to cardiac repair and remodelling post-infarction

(2010) Mei Sun et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

Specialized roles for cysteine cathepsins in health and disease

(2010) Jochen Reiser et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Inhibition of mineralocorticoid receptor is a renoprotective effect of the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase inhibitor pitavastatin

(2010) Xian Wu Cheng et al.   JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

The Paradoxical Role of Inflammation in Cardiac Repair and Regeneration

(2010) Bingbing Jiang et al.   Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research

Cystatin C and Cardiovascular Risk

(2009) N. Taglieri et al.   CLINICAL CHEMISTRY

Ventricular Assist Devices

(2009) Sean R. Wilson et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Why the need for qPCR publication guidelines?—The case for MIQE

(2009) Stephen A. Bustin   METHODS

Mast cells and ɛPKC: A role in cardiac remodeling in hypertension-induced heart failure

(2008) Suresh Selvaraj Palaniyandi et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY

Neutrophil elastase, proteinase 3 and cathepsin G: Physicochemical properties, activity and physiopathological functions

(2007) Brice Korkmaz et al.   BIOCHIMIE

Novel Mode for Neutrophil Protease Cathepsin G–Mediated Signaling

(2007) Khadija Rafiq et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH