About this episode

In this episode, host Cindy St. Hilaire discusses recent articles from Circulation Research and interviews Dr. John Hall and Dr. Ana Omoto about their study on leptin's role in cardiac protection.

This month on Episode 82 of Discover CircRes , host Cindy St. Hilaire highlights articles featured in the February 27th and March 13th issue of Circulation Research . This Episode also features a discussion with Dr John Hall and Dr Ana Omoto from the University of Mississippi Medical Center about their study, Leptin Activates Brain-BAT-Heart Crosstalk to Promote Cardiac Protection. Article highlights: Sakkers, et al. Atherosclerotic Fibrous Plaques in Women Ruberto, et al. Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Heart Regeneration Simon-Chica, et al. Non-Myocytes Modulate Atrial Fibrillation Dynamics Zhao, et al. USP10 Inhibits cGAS-STING via MTX2

Topics covered

• cardiac protection
• brain-BAT-heart crosstalk
• atherosclerosis
• mitochondrial biogenesis
• heart regeneration

Keywords

• Circulation Research
• February 27th issue
• March 13th issue

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