Aged‐senescent cells contribute to impaired heart regeneration

…, T Tchkonia, JL Kirkland, GM EllisonHughes - Aging cell, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aging leads to increased cellular senescence and is associated with decreased potency of
tissue‐specific stem/progenitor cells. Here, we have done an extensive analysis of cardiac …

[HTML][HTML] Adult cardiac stem cells are multipotent and robustly myogenic: c-kit expression is necessary but not sufficient for their identification

…, B Nadal-Ginard, GM Ellison-Hughes… - Cell Death & …, 2017 - nature.com
Multipotent adult resident cardiac stem cells (CSCs) were first identified by the expression of
c-kit, the stem cell factor receptor. However, in the adult myocardium c-kit alone cannot …

[HTML][HTML] Vascular manifestations of COVID-19–thromboembolism and microvascular dysfunction

…, TA Agbaedeng, GM Ellison-Hughes… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The coronavirus pandemic has reportedly infected over 31.5 million individuals and caused
over 970,000 deaths worldwide (as of 22nd Sept 2020). This novel coronavirus, officially …

[HTML][HTML] Senescent cells: a therapeutic target in cardiovascular diseases

…, T Minamino, JD Miller, A Lerman, GM Ellison-Hughes… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Senescent cell accumulation has been observed in age-associated diseases including
cardiovascular diseases. Senescent cells lack proliferative capacity and secrete senescence-…

[HTML][HTML] Targeting cardiac stem cell senescence to treat cardiac aging and disease

…, K Urbanek, FS Costanzo, M Rota, GM Ellison-Hughes… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
… A mouse hematopoietic system genetically modified to lack the transcription factors FoxO1,
FoxO3, and FoxO4, which are downstream effectors of the insulin and insulin-like growth …

Atrial myxomas arise from multipotent cardiac stem cells

…, B Nadal-Ginard, GM Ellison-Hughes… - European heart …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Ellison-Hughes and Daniele Torella share the seniorship for the study. … Weisz, Bernardo
Nadal-Ginard, Georgina M Ellison-Hughes, Daniele Torella, Atrial myxomas arise from …

[HTML][HTML] Cardiac stem cells for myocardial regeneration: they are not alone

YY Leong, WH Ng, GM Ellison-Hughes… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Heart failure is the number one killer worldwide with ~50% of patients dying within 5 years of
prognosis. The discovery of stem cells, which are capable of repairing the damaged portion …

[HTML][HTML] The role of MSC therapy in attenuating the damaging effects of the cytokine storm induced by COVID-19 on the heart and cardiovascular system

GM Ellison-Hughes, L Colley, KA O'Brien… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The global pandemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that
causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has led to 47 m infected cases and 1. 2 m (…

First evidence that senolytics are effective at decreasing senescent cells in humans

GM Ellison-Hughes - EBioMedicine, 2020 - thelancet.com
The increasing life expectancy of the world population has become an economic and global
public health problem. Increased life expectancy tracks with a higher incidence of multiple …

[HTML][HTML] c-kit Haploinsufficiency impairs adult cardiac stem cell growth, myogenicity and myocardial regeneration

…, G Viglietto, B Nadal-Ginard, GM Ellison-Hughes… - Cell death & …, 2019 - nature.com
An overdose of Isoproterenol (ISO) causes acute cardiomyocyte (CM) dropout and activates
the resident cardiac c-kit pos stem/progenitor cells (CSCs) generating a burst of new CM …