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Erhe Gao is affiliated with Temple University in the United States and has contributed extensively to fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research primarily focuses on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, Physiology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The scientist has explored a variety of topics such as Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling, Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Signaling Pathways in Disease, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, and Mesenchymal stem cell research.

Erhe Gao's frequent publication venues include:

  • Circulation Research
  • Circulation
  • Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The FASEB Journal

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Gao are:

  • Walter J. Koch
  • Rajika Roy
  • Wayne Bond Lau
  • Theodore A. Christopher
  • Xinliang Ma

Recent publications providing insights into Gao's research include:

  • "Small Extracellular Microvesicles Mediated Pathological Communications Between Dysfunctional Adipocytes and Cardiomyocytes as a Novel Mechanism Exacerbating Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Diabetic Mice" (2020), published in Circulation
  • "Branched chain amino acids exacerbate myocardial ischemia/reperfusion vulnerability via enhancing GCN2/ATF6/PPAR-α pathway-dependent fatty acid oxidation" (2020), published in Theranostics
  • "FNDC5/Irisin attenuates diabetic cardiomyopathy in a type 2 diabetes mouse model by activation of integrin αV/β5-AKT signaling and reduction of oxidative/nitrosative stress" (2021), published in Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
  • "N-Cadherin Overexpression Mobilizes the Protective Effects of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Against Ischemic Heart Injury Through a β-Catenin-Dependent Manner" (2020), published in Circulation Research
  • "Protection of the enhanced Nrf2 deacetylation and its downstream transcriptional activity by SIRT1 in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury" (2021), published in International Journal of Cardiology

Best Publications

  • Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes Promote Endogenous Repair Mechanisms and Enhance Cardiac Function Following Myocardial Infarction

    Mohsin Khan;Emily Nickoloff;Tatiana Abramova;Jennifer Johnson

  • A Novel and Efficient Model of Coronary Artery Ligation and Myocardial Infarction in the Mouse

    Erhe Gao;Yong Hong Lei;Xiying Shang;Z. Maggie Huang

  • Nitric oxide mediates the antiapoptotic effect of insulin in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion: The roles of PI3-kinase, Akt, and endothelial nitric oxide synthase phosphorylation

    Feng Gao;Erhe Gao;Tian-Li Yue;Eliot H. Ohlstein

  • Adiponectin cardioprotection after myocardial ischemia/reperfusion involves the reduction of oxidative/nitrative stress

    Ling Tao;Erhe Gao;Xiangying Jiao;Yuexing Yuan

  • Occupational exposure to bisphenol-A (BPA) and the risk of Self-Reported Male Sexual Dysfunction

    D. Li;Z. Zhou;D. Qing;Y. He

  • The Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter Matches Energetic Supply with Cardiac Workload during Stress and Modulates Permeability Transition

    Timothy S. Luongo;Jonathan P. Lambert;Ancai Yuan;Xueqian Zhang

  • The mitochondrial Na+/Ca2+ exchanger is essential for Ca2+ homeostasis and viability.

    Timothy S. Luongo;Jonathan P. Lambert;Polina Gross;Mary Nwokedi

  • Melatonin ameliorates myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury through SIRT3-dependent regulation of oxidative stress and apoptosis.

    Mengen Zhai;Buying Li;Weixun Duan;Lin Jing

  • A microRNA-Hippo pathway that promotes cardiomyocyte proliferation and cardiac regeneration in mice

    Ying Tian;Ying Tian;Ying Liu;Tao Wang;Ning Zhou

  • Circular RNA CircFndc3b modulates cardiac repair after myocardial infarction via FUS/VEGF-A axis

    Venkata Naga Srikanth Garikipati;Suresh Kumar Verma;Zhongjian Cheng;Dongming Liang

  • TXNIP mediates NLRP3 inflammasome activation in cardiac microvascular endothelial cells as a novel mechanism in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury.

    Yi Liu;Kun Lian;Lijian Zhang;Rutao Wang

  • G Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase 2 Ablation in Cardiac Myocytes Before or After Myocardial Infarction Prevents Heart Failure

    Philip W. Raake;Leif E. Vinge;Erhe Gao;Matthieu Boucher

  • Uncovering G protein-coupled receptor kinase-5 as a histone deacetylase kinase in the nucleus of cardiomyocytes

    Jeffrey S. Martini;Philip Raake;Leif E. Vinge;Brent R. DeGeorge

  • Cardioprotective effects of thioredoxin in myocardial ischemia and the reperfusion role of S-nitrosation

    Ling Tao;Erhe Gao;Nathan S. Bryan;Yan Qu

  • Paroxetine-mediated GRK2 inhibition reverses cardiac dysfunction and remodeling after myocardial infarction

    Sarah M. Schumacher;Erhe Gao;Weizhong Zhu;Xiongwen Chen

  • Antioxidative, Antinitrative, and Vasculoprotective Effects of a Peroxisome Proliferator–Activated Receptor-γ Agonist in Hypercholesterolemia

    Ling Tao;Hui-Rong Liu;Erhe Gao;Zhi-Ping Teng

  • CDK4/6 inhibition antagonizes the cytotoxic response to anthracycline therapy.

    A. Kathleen McClendon;Jeffry L. Dean;Dayana B. Rivadeneira;Justine E. Yu

  • Paroxetine is a direct inhibitor of g protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 and increases myocardial contractility.

    David M. Thal;Kristoff T. Homan;Jun Chen;Emily K. Wu

  • Melatonin protects against diabetic cardiomyopathy through Mst1/Sirt3 signaling

    Mingming Zhang;Jie Lin;Shanjie Wang;Zheng Cheng

  • Stable myocardial-specific AAV6-S100A1 gene therapy results in chronic functional heart failure rescue.

    Sven T. Pleger;Patrick Most;Matthieu Boucher;Stephen Soltys

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter J. Koch
Walter J. Koch Temple University
Steven R. Houser
Steven R. Houser Temple University
Joseph Y. Cheung
Joseph Y. Cheung Temple University
Muniswamy Madesh
Muniswamy Madesh The University of Texas at Austin
Thomas Force
Thomas Force Vanderbilt University
John W. Elrod
John W. Elrod Temple University
Gerald W. Dorn
Gerald W. Dorn Washington University in St. Louis
Jeffery D. Molkentin
Jeffery D. Molkentin Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Hugo A. Katus
Hugo A. Katus Heidelberg University
James R. Woodgett
James R. Woodgett Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute

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