Lin Zhiqiang, Pu William T
Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital Boston, USA.
Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital Boston, USA; Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, USA.
Stem Cell Res. 2014 Nov;13(3 Pt B):571-81. doi: 10.1016/j.scr.2014.04.010. Epub 2014 May 6.
The adult mammalian heart exhibits limited regenerative capacity after myocardial injury, a shortcoming that is responsible for the current lack of definitive treatments for heart failure. A search for approaches that might enhance adult heart regeneration has led to interest in the Hippo/Yap signaling pathway, a recently discovered signaling pathway that regulates cell proliferation and organ growth. Here we provide a brief overview of the Hippo/Yap pathway and its known roles in the developing and adult heart. We discuss the implications of Hippo/Yap signaling for regulation of cardiomyocyte death and regeneration.
成年哺乳动物心脏在心肌损伤后再生能力有限,这一缺陷导致目前缺乏针对心力衰竭的确切治疗方法。对可能增强成年心脏再生的方法的探索引发了对Hippo/Yap信号通路的兴趣,这是一条最近发现的调节细胞增殖和器官生长的信号通路。在这里,我们简要概述Hippo/Yap通路及其在发育中和成年心脏中的已知作用。我们讨论了Hippo/Yap信号对心肌细胞死亡和再生调节的影响。