ERBB2 triggers mammalian heart regeneration by promoting cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation and proliferation

G D'Uva, A Aharonov, M Lauriola, D Kain… - Nature cell …, 2015 - nature.com
The murine neonatal heart can regenerate after injury through cardiomyocyte (CM) proliferation,
although this capacity markedly diminishes after the first week of life. Neuregulin-1 (…

The extracellular matrix protein agrin promotes heart regeneration in mice

…, IY Shadrin, K Baruch Umansky, O Yifa, D Kain… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The adult mammalian heart is non-regenerative owing to the post-mitotic nature of cardiomyocytes.
The neonatal mouse heart can regenerate, but only during the first week of life. Here …

ERBB2 drives YAP activation and EMT-like processes during cardiac regeneration

…, KB Umansky, A Savidor, A Genzelinakh, D Kain… - Nature cell …, 2020 - nature.com
Cardiomyocyte loss after injury results in adverse remodelling and fibrosis, inevitably leading
to heart failure. The ERBB2–Neuregulin and Hippo–YAP signalling pathways are key …

Astrocytes from old Alzheimer's disease mice are impaired in Aβ uptake and in neuroprotection

T Iram, D Trudler, D Kain, S Kanner, R Galron… - Neurobiology of …, 2016 - Elsevier
In Alzheimer's disease (AD), astrocytes undergo morphological changes ranging from atrophy
to hypertrophy, but the effect of such changes at the functional level is still largely unknown…

Loss of macrophage Wnt secretion improves remodeling and function after myocardial infarction in mice

D Palevski, LP Levin‐Kotler, D Kain… - Journal of the …, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Macrophages and Wnt proteins (Wnts) are independently involved in cardiac
development, response to cardiac injury, and repair. However, the role of macrophage‐…

Agrin promotes coordinated therapeutic processes leading to improved cardiac repair in pigs

…, T Bozoglu, N Hornaschewitz, O Solyanik, D Kain… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Ischemic heart diseases are leading causes of death and reduced life quality
worldwide. Although revascularization strategies significantly reduce mortality after acute …

Macrophages dictate the progression and manifestation of hypertensive heart disease

D Kain, U Amit, C Yagil, N Landa… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Inflammation has been implicated in the initiation, progression and
manifestation of hypertensive heart disease. We sought to determine the role of monocytes/…

Left ventricular dysfunction switches mesenchymal stromal cells toward an inflammatory phenotype and impairs their reparative properties via toll-like receptor-4

…, LP Levin-Kotler, D Palevski, U Amit, D Kain… - Circulation, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Little is known about the potentially unfavorable effects of mesenchymal
stromal cell (MSC) activation on the heart. MSCs can respond to tissue injury by anti- or …

[HTML][HTML] Optimization of irreversible electroporation protocols for in-vivo myocardial decellularization

Y Zager, D Kain, N Landa, J Leor, E Maor - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Irreversible electroporation (IRE) is a non-thermal cell ablation approach that
induces selective damage to cell membranes only. The purpose of the current study was to …

Glyconanofluorides as immunotracers with a tunable core composition for sensitive hotspot magnetic resonance imaging of inflammatory activity

…, L Houben, A Galisova, Y Addadi, D Kain… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nature-inspired nanosized formulations based on an imageable, small-sized inorganic core
scaffold, on which biomolecules are assembled to form nanobiomimetics, hold great …