Paper of the Month

The Cardiac CaMKII Genes Delta and Gamma Contribute Redundantly to Adverse Remodeling but Inhibit Calcineurin-Induced Myocardial Hypertrophy, Circulation, doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.006185 (DZHK-Autoren: Lehmann, Hoting, Maier, Katus, Backs)

Silencing of CCR2 in myocarditis, European Heart Journal, doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehu225 (DZHK-Autoren: Leuschner, Meder, Katus)

The beta-hydroxybutyrate receptor HCA2 activates a neuroprotective subset of macrophages, Nature Communications (2014), doi:10.1038/ncomms4944 (DZHK-Autoren: Müller-Fielitz, Offermanns, Schwaninger)

Dichloroacetate prevents restenosis in preclinical animal models of vessel injury, Nature (2014), doi:10.1038/nature13232 (DZHK-Autoren: Deuse, Zeller, Eschenhagen, Blankenberg, Reichenspurner, Schrepfer)

Assessment of microRNAs in patients with unstable angina pectoris, European Heart Journal, doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehu151, (DZHK-authors: Zeller, Keller, Wild, Münzel, Blankenberg)

MicroRNA-126-5p promotes endothelial proliferation and limits atherosclerosis by suppressing Dlk1, Nature Medicine 2014, doi:10.1038/nm.3487, (DZHK-Autoren: Schober, Weber)

Disruption of Vascular Ca2+-Activated Chloride Currents Lowers Blood Pressure. The Journal of clinical investigation 124, 675-686, (2014) (DZHK-Autoren: Seniuk, Ehmke)

Differential interaction of clinical characteristics with key functional parameters in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction — Results of the Aldo-DHF trial. Int J Cardiol. 2013 Nov 30;169(6):408-17 (DZHK-Autoren: Edelmann, Tschöpe, Herrmann-Lingen, Halle, Hasenfuss, Wachter)

Dysfunctional Nitric Oxide Signalling Increases Risk of Myocardial Infarction Nature (2013) doi:10.1038/nature12722 (DZHK-Autoren: Erdmann, Cor de Wit, Kaiser, Tennstedt, Aherrahrou, Willenborg, Walter, Meitinger, Hengstenberg, Schunkert)

Fine mapping of the 1p36 deletion syndrome identifies mutation of PRDM16 as a cause of cardiomyopathy, Am J Human Genetics 93, 67–77, 2013 (DZHK-Autoren: Berger, Hübner, Kramer, Klaassen)