Publications by authors named "Cristian Bogdan Iancu"
Introduction: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is nowadays considered to be one of the most important causes of heart failure, stroke, cognitive decline, vascular dementia, sudden death and overall cardiovascular morbidity. Recently were published a few articles suggesting a possible involvement of telocytes in the development of atrial fibrillation. The purpose of this article is to analyze the results obtained in the field systematically, and to see if there is enough data to support a possible involvement of telocytes in arrhythmogenesis.
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- - A collaborative exercise involving multiple labs was conducted to evaluate how effectively different laboratories can analyze DNA from old bone samples, specifically those around 150 and 400 years old, supplied by institutions in Prague.
- - Eighteen participating laboratories used various techniques for DNA typing, and while they achieved consistent results for the 150-year-old sample, the 400-year-old sample presented challenges due to its degraded condition.
- - The study highlights the importance for labs to routinely check their methods for identifying degraded DNA in bone and teeth samples, ensuring minimal contamination risks during the process.
The discovery of cardiac stem cells (CSCs) able to renew the pool of cardiomyocyte raised the question of how these cells can be recognized and directed towards cardiac reconstruction after severe ischemic injury. The functional studies demonstrated that the differentiation of adult cardiac stem cells reproduce the stages observed in the embryonic development. Each stage is characterized by a complex molecular signature, which can be used for identification and molecular targeting.
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