• Extracellular Matrix in Heart Failure: Role of ADAMTS5 in Proteoglycan Remodeling 

      Barallobre-Barreiro, Javier; Radovits, Tamás; Fava, Marika; Mayr, Ursula; Lin, Wen-Yu; Ermolaeva, Elizaveta; Martínez-López, Diego; Lindberg, Eric L.; Duregotti, Elisa; Daróczi, László; Hasman, Maria; Schmidt, Lukas E.; Singh, Bhawana; Lu, Ruifang; Baig, Ferheen; Siedlar, Aleksandra Malgorzata; Cuello, Friederike; Catiborg, Norman; Theofilatos, Konstantinos; Shah, Ajay M.; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Doménech, Nieves; Hübner, Norbert; Merkely, Béla; Mayr, Manuel (American Heart Association, 2021-11-22)
      [Abstract] Background: Remodeling of the extracellular matrix (ECM) is a hallmark of heart failure (HF). Our previous analysis of the secretome of murine cardiac fibroblasts returned ADAMTS5 (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase ...
    • Long-term effects of hydrogen sulfide on the anabolic-catabolic balance of articular cartilage in vitro 

      Vela-Anero, Á.; Hermida Gómez, Tamara; Gato Calvo, Lucía; Vaamonde-García, Carlos; Díaz-Prado, Silvia; Meijide-Faílde, Rosa; Blanco García, Francisco J; Burguera, Elena F. (Elsevier, 2017-08-15)
      [Abstract] Healthy cartilage maintenance relies on an equilibrium among the anabolic and catabolic processes in chondrocytes. With the onset of osteoarthritis (OA), increased interleukin (IL)-1β levels induce an inhibition ...
    • Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Dysfunction Modulates Metalloproteases -1, -3 and -13 in Human Normal Chondrocytes in Culture 

      Cillero-Pastor, B.; Rego-Pérez, Ignacio; Oreiro, Natividad; Fernández-López, Carlos; Blanco García, Francisco J (BioMed Central, 2013-08-09)
      [Abstract] Background. Mitochondrion has an important role in the osteoarthritis (OA) pathology. We have previously demonstrated that the alteration of the mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC) contributes to the inflammatory ...