Non-coding RNAs in cardiovascular diseases: diagnostic and therapeutic perspectives

European Heart Journal - Tập 39 Số 29 - Trang 2704-2716 - 2018
Wolfgang Poller1,2, Stefanie Dimmeler3,4, Stéphane Heymans5, Tanja Zeller6,7, Jan Haas8,9, Mahir Karakas6,7, David M. Leistner1,2, Philipp Jakob1,2, Shinichi Nakagawa10,11, Stefan Blankenberg6,7, Stefan Engelhardt12,13, Thomas Thum14, Christian Weber12,15, Benjamin Meder8,9, Roger J. Hajjar16, Ulf Landmesser17,1,2
1Department of Cardiology, CBF, CC11, Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charite Centrum 11 (Cardiovascular Medicine), Hindenburgdamm 20, Berlin, Germany
2German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
3DZHK, Site Rhein-Main, Frankfurt, Germany
4Institute for Cardiovascular Regeneration, Center of Molecular Medicine, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
5Center for Heart Failure Research, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
6Clinic for General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg, Martinistrasse 52, Hamburg, Germany
7DZHK, Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
8DZHK, Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Heidelberg, Germany
9Institute for Cardiomyopathies Heidelberg (ICH), Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 669, Heidelberg, Germany
10RNA Biology Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita 12-jo Nishi 6-chome, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan
11RNA Biology Laboratory, RIKEN Advanced Research Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan
12DZHK, Site Munich, Munich, Germany
13Institute for Pharmacology and Toxikology, Technische Universität München, Biedersteiner Strasse 29, München, Germany
14Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies (IMTTS), Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
15Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Pettenkoferstrasse 8a/9, Munich, Germany
16Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
17Berlin Institute of Health, Kapelle-Ufer 2, Berlin, Germany

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