Impact of Chronic Fetal Hypoxia and Inflammation on Cardiac Pacemaker Cell Development

Chronic fetal hypoxia and infection are examples of adverse conditions during complicated pregnancy, which impact cardiac myogenesis and increase the lifetime risk of heart disease. However, the effects that chronic hypoxic or inflammatory environments exert on cardiac pacemaker cells are poorly und...

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Main Authors: Martin G. Frasch, Dino A. Giussani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-03-01
Series:Cells
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/9/3/733
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description Chronic fetal hypoxia and infection are examples of adverse conditions during complicated pregnancy, which impact cardiac myogenesis and increase the lifetime risk of heart disease. However, the effects that chronic hypoxic or inflammatory environments exert on cardiac pacemaker cells are poorly understood. Here, we review the current evidence and novel avenues of bench-to-bed research in this field of perinatal cardiogenesis as well as its translational significance for early detection of future risk for cardiovascular disease.
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spelling doaj.art-dd5fa57a878648f887e32707268dc4782023-09-02T01:54:00ZengMDPI AGCells2073-44092020-03-019373310.3390/cells9030733cells9030733Impact of Chronic Fetal Hypoxia and Inflammation on Cardiac Pacemaker Cell DevelopmentMartin G. Frasch0Dino A. Giussani1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USADepartment of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, UKChronic fetal hypoxia and infection are examples of adverse conditions during complicated pregnancy, which impact cardiac myogenesis and increase the lifetime risk of heart disease. However, the effects that chronic hypoxic or inflammatory environments exert on cardiac pacemaker cells are poorly understood. Here, we review the current evidence and novel avenues of bench-to-bed research in this field of perinatal cardiogenesis as well as its translational significance for early detection of future risk for cardiovascular disease.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/9/3/733intrinsic heart rate variabilityihrvfetal programmingcardiac developmentsinus node
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intrinsic heart rate variability
ihrv
fetal programming
cardiac development
sinus node
title Impact of Chronic Fetal Hypoxia and Inflammation on Cardiac Pacemaker Cell Development
title_full Impact of Chronic Fetal Hypoxia and Inflammation on Cardiac Pacemaker Cell Development
title_fullStr Impact of Chronic Fetal Hypoxia and Inflammation on Cardiac Pacemaker Cell Development
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Chronic Fetal Hypoxia and Inflammation on Cardiac Pacemaker Cell Development
title_short Impact of Chronic Fetal Hypoxia and Inflammation on Cardiac Pacemaker Cell Development
title_sort impact of chronic fetal hypoxia and inflammation on cardiac pacemaker cell development
topic intrinsic heart rate variability
ihrv
fetal programming
cardiac development
sinus node
url https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/9/3/733
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