Area of research
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine · Immunology
Research interest
Research interests include Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, and Mast cells and histamine.
Impact of early pericardial fluid chymase activation after cardiac surgery
Interstitial Collagen Loss, Myocardial Remodeling, and Function in Primary Mitral Regurgitation
Red blood cell exosome hemoglobin content increases after cardiopulmonary bypass and mediates acute kidney injury in an animal model
Reduced Left Atrial Emptying Fraction and Chymase Activation in Pathophysiology of Primary Mitral Regurgitation
Bromine inhalation mimics ischemia-reperfusion cardiomyocyte injury and calpain activation in rats
LEFT ATRIAL ENLARGEMENT AND SYSTOLIC FAILURE IS RELATED TO CHYMASE ACTIVATION IN PATIENTS WITH MITRAL REGURGITATION AND PRESERVED LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION
Desmin loss and mitochondrial damage precede left ventricular systolic failure in volume overload heart failure
Disruption of desmin-mitochondrial architecture in patients with regurgitant mitral valves and preserved ventricular function
Increased fibroblast chymase production mediates procollagen autophagic digestion in volume overload
Volume overload induces autophagic degradation of procollagen in cardiac fibroblasts
Chymase Mediates Injury and Mitochondrial Damage in Cardiomyocytes during Acute Ischemia/Reperfusion in the Dog
Increased Sarcolipin Expression and Adrenergic Drive in Humans With Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Chronic Isolated Mitral Regurgitation
Cardiac O-GlcNAcylation blunts autophagic signaling in the diabetic heart
Cardiac Kallikrein-Kinin System Is Upregulated in Chronic Volume Overload and Mediates an Inflammatory Induced Collagen Loss