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Elissavet Kardami

Elissavet Kardami

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
49
Citations
6967
World Ranking
18133
National Ranking
633

Overview

Elissavet Kardami is affiliated with the University of Manitoba in Canada. Their research contributions span multiple areas within medicine and molecular biology, with a focus on fibroblast growth factors and related cellular mechanisms.

Their recent publications include:

  • SKI activates the Hippo pathway via LIMD1 to inhibit cardiac fibroblast activation, 2021, Basic Research in Cardiology
  • Low and High Molecular Weight FGF-2 Have Differential Effects on Astrocyte Proliferation, but Are Both Protective Against Aβ-Induced Cytotoxicity, 2020, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
  • Elimination of endogenous high molecular weight FGF2 prevents pressure-overload-induced systolic dysfunction, linked to increased FGFR1 activity and NR1D1 expression, 2021, Cell and Tissue Research
  • Effect of high fat diet on maternal behavior, brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neural stem cell proliferation in mice expressing human placental lactogen during pregnancy, 2023, Journal of Neuroendocrinology
  • A Cardiac Mitochondrial FGFR1 Mediates the Antithetical Effects of FGF2 Isoforms on Permeability Transition, 2021, Cells

Main fields of study for Kardami's work include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields within these areas highlight their focus on:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Physiology
  • Cell Biology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Kardami's work often explores topics related to:

  • Fibroblast Growth Factor Research
  • Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation

Frequent publication venues for Kardami's research include:

  • Basic Research in Cardiology
  • Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
  • Cell and Tissue Research
  • Journal of Neuroendocrinology
  • Cells

Kardami collaborates regularly with several co-authors, the most frequent of whom are:

  • Peter A. Cattini
  • Robert R. Fandrich
  • Yan Jin
  • Navid Koleini
  • Natalie M. Landry

The research focus and publication record indicate a strong emphasis on the biological mechanisms underlying cardiac and metabolic processes, with particular attention to growth factors and cellular signaling pathways.

Best Publications

  • Cardiac fibroblast to myofibroblast differentiation in vivo and in vitro: Expression of focal adhesion components in neonatal and adult rat ventricular myofibroblasts

    Jon-Jon Santiago;Aran L. Dangerfield;Sunil G. Rattan;Krista L. Bathe

  • Biological activities of fibroblast growth factor-2 in the adult myocardium.

    Karen A Detillieux;Farah Sheikh;Elissavet Kardami;Peter A Cattini

  • Autophagy and mitophagy in the context of doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity

    Navid Koleini;Elissavet Kardami

  • The carboxy-tail of connexin-43 localizes to the nucleus and inhibits cell growth

    Xitong Dang;Bradley W. Doble;Elissavet Kardami

  • The ε Subtype of Protein Kinase C Is Required for Cardiomyocyte Connexin-43 Phosphorylation

    Bradley W. Doble;Peipei Ping;Elissavet Kardami

  • Basic fibroblast growth factor in atria and ventricles of the vertebrate heart.

    Elissavet Kardami;Robert R. Fandrich

  • The role of connexins in controlling cell growth and gene expression.

    Elissavet Kardami;Xitong Dang;Dumitru A. Iacobas;Barbara E. Nickel

  • Distinctive patterns of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) distribution in degenerating and regenerating areas of dystrophic (mdx) striated muscles

    Judy E. Anderson;Lei Liu;Lei Liu;Elissavet Kardami;Elissavet Kardami

  • High and Low Molecular Weight Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 Increase Proliferation of Neonatal Rat Cardiac Myocytes but Have Differential Effects on Binucleation and Nuclear Morphology: Evidence for Both Paracrine and Intracrine Actions of Fibroblast Growth Factor-2

    Kishore B.S. Pasumarthi;Elissavet Kardami;Peter A. Cattini

  • Fibroblast growth factor-2 and cardioprotection

    Elissavet Kardami;Karen Detillieux;Xin Ma;Zhisheng Jiang

  • Phosphorylation of serine 262 in the gap junction protein connexin-43 regulates DNA synthesis in cell-cell contact forming cardiomyocytes.

    Bradley W. Doble;Xitong Dang;Peipei Ping;Robert R. Fandrich

  • Basic fibroblast growth factor is cardioprotective in ischemia-reperfusion injury.

    Raymond R. Padua;Rajat Sethi;Naranjan S. Dhalla;Elissavet Kardami

  • Acute protection of ischemic heart by FGF-2: involvement of FGF-2 receptors and protein kinase C.

    Zhi-Sheng Jiang;Raymond R. Padua;Haisong Ju;Bradley W. Doble

  • Stimulation and inhibition of cardiac myocyte proliferation in vitro.

    Elissavet Kardami

  • Selective monoclonal antibody recognition and cellular localization of an unphosphorylated form of connexin43

    J.I. Nagy;W.E.I. Li;C. Roy;B.W. Doble

  • Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 Decreases Metabolic Coupling and Stimulates Phosphorylation as Well as Masking of Connexin43 Epitopes in Cardiac Myocytes

    Bradley W. Doble;Yijing Chen;Denis G. Bosc;David W. Litchfield

  • Oxidized phospholipids in Doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity.

    Navid Koleini;Barbara E. Nickel;Andrea L. Edel;Robert R. Fandrich

  • Basic fibroblast growth factor stimulates connexin-43 expression and intercellular communication of cardiac fibroblasts

    Bradley W. Doble;Elissavet Kardami

  • Phosphorylation of connexin-43 at serine 262 promotes a cardiac injury-resistant state

    Wattamon Srisakuldee;Maya M. Jeyaraman;Barbara E. Nickel;Stéphane Tanguy

  • Simvastatin increases temozolomide-induced cell death by targeting the fusion of autophagosomes and lysosomes

    Shahla Shojaei;Navid Koleini;Ehsan Samiei;Mahmoud Aghaei;Mahmoud Aghaei

Frequent Co-Authors

Grant M. Hatch
Grant M. Hatch University of Manitoba
Lorrie A. Kirshenbaum
Lorrie A. Kirshenbaum University of Manitoba
Thomas Klonisch
Thomas Klonisch University of Manitoba
Saeid Ghavami
Saeid Ghavami University of Manitoba
Peipei Ping
Peipei Ping University of California, Los Angeles
Mona Nemer
Mona Nemer University of Ottawa
Peter Nickerson
Peter Nickerson University of Manitoba
Y. Peng Loh
Y. Peng Loh National Institutes of Health
Michal Opas
Michal Opas University of Toronto
James I. Nagy
James I. Nagy University of Manitoba

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