Increased length-dependent activation of human engineered heart tissue after chronic α1A-adrenergic agonist treatment: testing a novel heart failure therapy
Rupert C, López J, Cortez-Toledo E, De la Cruz Cabrera O, Chesler N, Simpson P, Campbell S, Baker A. Increased length-dependent activation of human engineered heart tissue after chronic α1A-adrenergic agonist treatment: testing a novel heart failure therapy. AJP Heart And Circulatory Physiology 2023, 324: h293-h304. PMID: 36637971, PMCID: PMC9886349, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00279.2022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman heart failureHeart failureAR stimulationChronic stimulationLength-dependent activationVehicle treatmentHeart tissueAdrenergic receptorsHuman EHTsAnimal heart failure modelNovel heart failure therapiesHeart failure therapyHeart failure modelMultiple preclinical modelsFailure therapyAgonist treatmentSeparate control experimentsPreclinical modelsDrug washoutTherapeutic effectTranslational significanceHuman myocardiumBaseline testingRNA-seq analysisPig myocardium