{"title":"The Twisted Tale of Interleukin-18 in Atherosclerosis","authors":"Peter Libby MD , Tetsushi Nakao MD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.jacbts.2026.101489","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacbts.2026.101489","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14831,"journal":{"name":"JACC: Basic to Translational Science","volume":"11 3","pages":"Article 101489"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147289997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maryam Anwar PhD , Moumita Sarkar PhD , Kerrie Ford PhD , Gianni D. Angelini MD , Prakash P. Punjabi MD, PhD , Yingshu Guan MSc , Abas Laftah PhD , Aránzazu Chamorro-Jorganes PhD , Jiahui Ji PhD , Prashant K. Srivastava PhD , Enrico Petretto PhD , Costanza Emanueli PhD
{"title":"Human Left Ventricle circRNA-miRNA-mRNA Network Analyses Reveal a Novel Proangiogenic Role for circNPHP1 Under Ischemic Conditions","authors":"Maryam Anwar PhD , Moumita Sarkar PhD , Kerrie Ford PhD , Gianni D. Angelini MD , Prakash P. Punjabi MD, PhD , Yingshu Guan MSc , Abas Laftah PhD , Aránzazu Chamorro-Jorganes PhD , Jiahui Ji PhD , Prashant K. Srivastava PhD , Enrico Petretto PhD , Costanza Emanueli PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.jacbts.2025.101468","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacbts.2025.101468","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Therapies promoting microvascular flow and endothelial repair require effective identification of new targets in ischemic heart disease (IHD). The aim of this study was to unravel and functionally investigate circular RNA (circRNA)-microRNA (miRNA)-messenger RNA (mRNA) networks in endothelial cells in the context of IHD and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We performed RNA sequencing on left ventricle biopsies from patients with IHD, IHD and T2DM, and non-IHD. Next, we created circRNA-miRNA-mRNA networks and mechanistically investigated the top circRNA-miRNA sponging interactions in endothelial cells. We found that circNPHP1 promotes angiogenesis via sponging of miR-221-3p and regulates its downstream target genes, VEGFA and BCL2, in IHD and T2DM.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14831,"journal":{"name":"JACC: Basic to Translational Science","volume":"11 2","pages":"Article 101468"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146018514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Protecting the Heart Against Anthracyclines","authors":"Jose Max Narvaez-Paliza MD, Aarti Asnani MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jacbts.2026.101490","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacbts.2026.101490","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14831,"journal":{"name":"JACC: Basic to Translational Science","volume":"11 2","pages":"Article 101490"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147283980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characterization of a New PRKG1 Mutation Associated With Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection","authors":"Darren E. Casteel PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.jacbts.2026.101484","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacbts.2026.101484","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14831,"journal":{"name":"JACC: Basic to Translational Science","volume":"11 2","pages":"Article 101484"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147283973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matthias Nahrendorf MD (Editor-in-Chief: JACC: Basic to Translational Science)
{"title":"Recognizing Early Career Translational Investigators","authors":"Matthias Nahrendorf MD (Editor-in-Chief: JACC: Basic to Translational Science)","doi":"10.1016/j.jacbts.2026.101493","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacbts.2026.101493","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14831,"journal":{"name":"JACC: Basic to Translational Science","volume":"11 2","pages":"Article 101493"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147283941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anna Joachimbauer MD , Nadine Cadosch MSc , Cristina Gil-Cruz PhD , Christian Perez-Shibayama PhD , Kira Frischmann MSc , Emily Payne MD , Isabella Hanka MD , Micha T. Maeder MD, PhD , Hans Rickli MD , Felix C. Tanner MD , Frank Ruschitzka MD , Burkhard Ludewig DVM , Dörthe Schmidt MD, PhD
{"title":"Cardiopathogenic T Cells Govern Progression and Functional Remodeling in Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy and Chronic Myocarditis","authors":"Anna Joachimbauer MD , Nadine Cadosch MSc , Cristina Gil-Cruz PhD , Christian Perez-Shibayama PhD , Kira Frischmann MSc , Emily Payne MD , Isabella Hanka MD , Micha T. Maeder MD, PhD , Hans Rickli MD , Felix C. Tanner MD , Frank Ruschitzka MD , Burkhard Ludewig DVM , Dörthe Schmidt MD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.jacbts.2025.101458","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacbts.2025.101458","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Echocardiographic imaging mirrors the immunopathological processes underlying the progression from acute myocarditis to inflammatory cardiomyopathy. T cell–mediated myocardial inflammation and edematous swelling in subepicardial regions at disease onset is followed by smoldering low-level myocardial inflammation or increasing cardiomyocyte loss and fibrotic remodeling. The resulting decline of cardiac function in the progressive disease is reflected and best predicted by impaired echocardiographic strain.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14831,"journal":{"name":"JACC: Basic to Translational Science","volume":"11 2","pages":"Article 101458"},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145966251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}