Summary

Cardiovascular disease accounts for a large proportion of morbidity and mortality worldwide. We, and others, have shown that AP-1 transcription factors (TFs) play a role in remodeling the cardiomyocyte chromatin landscape in response to injury. Here, we aim to gain detailed insight into the molecular networks regulated by the AP-1 family of TFs during myocardial remodeling and regeneration, and determine whether we can rewire these networks to promote cardiomyocyte repair following injury and disease. Ultimately, our results will provide novel AP-1 targets that will serve as putative therapeutic targets to promote cardiac repair.

SELECTED SCIENTIFIC OUTCOMES

2025

Miyara S, Adler M, Umansky KB, Haussler D, Bassat E, Divinsky Y, Elkahal J, Kain D, Lendengolts D, Ramirez Flores RO, Bueno-Levy H, Golani O, Shalit T, Gershovits M, Weizman E, Genzelinakh A, Kimchi DM, Shakked A, Zhang L, Wang J, Baehr A, Petrover Z, Sarig R, Dorn T, Moretti A, Saez-Rodriguez J, Kupatt C, Tanaka EM, Medzhitov R, Kruger A, Mayo A, Alon U & Tzahor E.

Cell Syst. 16:101198, 2025

2024

Aviel G, Elkahal J, Umansky KB, Bueno-Levy H, Petrover Z, Kotlovski Y, Lendengolts D, Kain D, Shalit T, Zhang L, Miyara S, Kramer MP, Merbl Y, Kozlovski S, Alon R, Aharoni R, Arnon R, Mishali D, Katz U, Nachman D, Asleh R, Amir O, Tzahor E & Sarig R.

Nat Cardiovasc Res. 3:1049-66, 2024

2022

Tzahor E & Dimmeler S.

Science. 377:eabm4443, 2022

2024

Cordero J, Elsherbiny A, Wang Y, Jürgensen L, Constanty F, Guenther S, Boerries M, Heineke J, Beisaw A, Leuschner F, Hassel D, Dobreva G

Nucleic Acids Res. 52:4215-33, 2024

2024

Hofmann C, Serafin A, Schwerdt OM, Fischer J, Sicklinger F, Younesi FS, Byrne NJ, Meyer IS, Malovrh E, Sandmann C, Jürgensen L, Kampf-Schenk V, Stroh C, Löwenthal Z, Finke D, Boileau E, Beisaw A, Bugger H, Bettel M, Stein F, Katus HA, Jakobi T, Frey N, Leuschner F, Völkers M

Circulation 150:1248-67, 2024

 

2025

Constanty F, Wu B, Wei KH, Lin IT, Dallmann J, Guenther S, Lautenschlaeger T, Priya R, Lai SL, Stainier DYR & Beisaw A.

Nature Communications 16:3823, 2025

2025

Wu B*, Constanty F*, Beisaw A

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology 2025; 171: 103619.

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