The leading causes of chronic heart disease are all associated with a non-adaptive deposit of fibrous tissue in the heart. Since fibrous tissue interferes with both cardiac function and cardiac filling, it is a major cause of heart failure. Utilizing models of repetitive ischemia and angiotensin II infusion, this proposal intends to investigate the hypothesis that non-adaptive fibrosis of the heart arises from dysfunction of the immune and inflammatory mechanisms, which, under appropriate circumstances, are protective. The proposal studies the cell signaling associated with the uptake of specific inflammatory cells and the mechanisms by which this results in the generation of a specific fibroblast type that is obligate for cardiac fibrosis. We provide evidence that this mechanism is critical to non-adaptive cardiac fibrosis resulting from a variety of pathological causes. The goal of the project is to identify the common factors leading to cardiac fibrosis from diverse chronic cardiac conditions and suggest potential interventions which might mitigate this process.

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This project proposes to identify the signaling mechanisms associated with interstitial fibrosis of the heart common to multiple cardiac diseases utilizing repetitive ischemia and angiotensin II infusion models. The data suggests that immunoinflammatory dysregulation results in a Th2/M2 phenotypic response critical to the generation of myeloid-derived fibroblasts from M2 macrophages and interstitial fibrosis.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
4R01HL089792-09
Application #
8966026
Study Section
Myocardial Ischemia and Metabolism Study Section (MIM)
Program Officer
Adhikari, Bishow B
Project Start
2007-09-30
Project End
2017-11-30
Budget Start
2015-12-01
Budget End
2017-11-30
Support Year
9
Fiscal Year
2016
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Baylor College of Medicine
Department
Internal Medicine/Medicine
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
051113330
City
Houston
State
TX
Country
United States
Zip Code
77030
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