title: Autophagy during cardiac remodeling.
abstract: Despite progress in cardiovascular research and evidence-based therapies, heart failure is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in industrialized countries. Cardiac remodeling is a chronic maladaptive process, characterized by progressive ventricular dilatation, cardiac hypertrophy, fibrosis, and deterioration of cardiac performance, and arises from interactions between adaptive modifications of cardiomyocytes and negative aspects of adaptation such as cardiomyocyte death and fibrosis. Autophagy has evolved as a conserved process for bulk degradation and recycling of cytoplasmic components, such as long-lived proteins and organelles. Accumulating evidence demonstrates that autophagy plays an essential role in cardiac remodeling to maintain cardiac function and cellular homeostasis in the heart. This review discusses some recent advances in understanding the role of autophagy during cardiac remodeling. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Autophagy in the Heart.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, London, SE5 9NU, UK. Electronic address: kazuhiko.nishida@kcl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, London, SE5 9NU, UK.
authors.forename: Kinya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Otsu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001343:Autophagy; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D018450:Disease Progression; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling
keywords: Autophagy; Cardiac hypertrophy; Cardiac remodeling; Heart failure; Inflammation; Reverse remodeling