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Selected Publications

Selected Publications

2023

2024


Bailey L.R.J, Bugg D., Reichardt I.M., Ortaç C.D., Nagle A., Gunaje J., Martinson A., Johnson R., MacCoss M.J., Sakamoto T., Kelly D.P., Regnier M., Davis J. (2024). MBNL1 Regulates Programmed Postnatal Switching Between Regenerative and Differentiated Cardiac States. Circulation. Jun 4;149(23):1812-1829. https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.123.066860

Seeing is Believing: Muscleblind-like 1 Is Necessary For Mammalian Cardiomyocyte Maturation. Editorial by Khalid B. Dar, PhD and Shah R. Ali, MD

Bugg D., Davis J. Sox9-coordinated cellular neighborhoods generate fibrosis. (2024). Cell Stem Cell. 2;31(5):589-590.

2023


Bretherton, R.C., Reichardt, I.M., Zabrecky, K.A., Goldstein, A.J., Bailey, L.R.J., Bugg, D., McMillen, T.S., Kooiker, K.B., Flint, G.V., Martinson, A., Gunaje, J., Kozer, F., Plaster, E., Linke, W.A., Regnier, M., Moussavi-Harami, F., Sniadecki, N.J., DeForest, C.A., Davis, J. (2023). Correcting dilated cardiomyopathy with fibroblast-targeted p38 deficiency. Biorxiv Preprint

Cai S., Zhao M., Zhou B., Yoshii A., Bugg D., Villet O., Sahu A., Olson G.S., Davis J., Tian R. (2023). Mitochondrial dysfunction in macrophages promotes inflammation and suppresses repair after myocardial infarction. J Clin Invest. 15;133(4):e159498. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci159498

Bretherton R.C., Haack A.J., Kopyeva I., Rahman F., Kern J.D., Bugg D., Theberge A.B., Davis J., DeForest C.A. (2023). User-Controlled 4D Biomaterial Degradation with Substrate-Selective Sortase Transpeptidases for Single-Cell Biology. Adv Mater. 35(19):e2209904. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202209904

Nelson A.R., Bugg D., Davis J., Saucerman J.J. (2023). Network model integrated with multi-omic data predicts MBNL1 signals that drive myofibroblast activation. iScience. 26(4):106502. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106502

2022


Bugg, D., Bailey, L.R.J., Bretherton, R.C., Beach, K.E., Reichardt, I.M., Robeson, K.Z., Reese, A.C., Gunaje, J., Flint, G., DeForest, C.A., Stempien-Otero, A., Davis, J. (2022). MBNL1 drives dynamic transitions between fibroblasts and myofibroblasts in cardiac wound healing. Cell Stem Cell, 29(3), 419-433 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2022.01.012

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Bailey, L.R.J. & Davis, J. (2022). If these myocytes could talk, they would speak the language of metabolites. Journal of Clinical Investigation. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI156296

Ngwenyama N., Kaur K., Bugg D., Theall B., Aronovitz M., Berland R., Panagiotidou S., Genco C., Perrin M.A., Davis J., Alcaide P. (2022). Antigen presentation by cardiac fibroblasts promotes cardiac dysfunction. Nat Cardiovasc Res. 1(8):761-774. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44161-022-00116-7

2021


Mijailovich, S.M., Prodanovic, M., Poggesi, C., Powers, J.D., Davis, J., Geeves, M.A., Regnier, M. (2021). The effect of variable troponin C mutation thin filament incorporation on cardiac muscle twitch contractions. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, (155) 112-124 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjmcc.2021.02.009

Reichardt, I.M., Robeson, K.Z., Regnier, M., Davis, J.M. (2021). Controlling cardiac fibrosis through cardiac fibroblast state space modulation. Cellular Signaling, (79) 109888 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cellsig.2020.109888

El-Nachef, D., Bugg, D., Beussman, K., Martinson, A., Murry, C., Sniadecki, N., & Davis, J. (2021). Engrafted Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes Undergo Clonal Expansion In Vivo. Circulation, (143), 1635-1638. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.044974

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2020


Powers, J. D., Kooiker, K. B., Mason, A. B., Teitgen, A. E., Flint, G. V., Tardiff, J. C., Davis, J.M., Moussavi-Harami, F. (2020). Modulating the tension-time integral of the cardiac twitch prevents dilated cardiomyopathy in murine hearts. JCI Insight. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.142446

Bugg, D.*, Bretherton, R. C.*, Kim, P.*, Olszewski, E., Nagle, A., Schumacher, A. E., Chu, N., Gunaje, J., DeForest, C. A., Stevens, K., Kim, D.H., Davis, J. M. (2020). Infarct Collagen Topography Regulates Fibroblast Fate Via p38-Yap-TEAD Signals. Circulation Research, (127) 1306-1322 https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.119.316162

Bretherton, R.*, Bugg, D.*, Olszewski, E.*, & Davis, J. (2020). Regulators of cardiac fibroblast cell state. Matrix Biology. (91-92) 117-135 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matbio.2020.04.002

Mandrycky, C. J., Williams, N. P., Batalov, I., El-Nachef, D., de Bakker, B. S., Davis, J., … Sniadecki, N. J. (2020). Engineering Heart Morphogenesis. Trends in Biotechnology. 38(8) 835-845 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.01.006

Brady, E.L., Kirby, M.A., Olszewski, E., Grosjean, P., Johansson, F., Davis, J., Wang, R.K., Stevens, K.R. (2020). Guided vascularization in the rat heart leads to transient vessel patterning. APL Bioengineering, (4) 016105. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5122804

El-Nachef, D., Shi, K., Beussman, K. M., Martinez, R., Regier, M. C., Everett, G. W., … Davis, J. (2020). A Rainbow Reporter Tracks Single Cells and Reveals Heterogeneous Cellular Dynamics among Pluripotent Stem Cells and Their Differentiated Derivatives. Stem Cell Reports, 15(1), 226–241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stemcr.2020.06.005

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Earlier Publications


Reiger, M.C., Olszewski, E., Carter, C., Aitchison, J.D., Kaushansky, A., Davis, J., Berthier, E., Beebe, D.J., Stevens, K.R. (2019) Spatial presentation of biological molecules to cells by localized diffusive transfer. Lab on a Chip, 19 2114-2126. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9LC00122K

Kwong, J.Q., Huo, J., Bround, M.J., Boyer, J.G., Shwanekamp, J.A., Ghazal, N., Maxwell, J.T., Jang, Y.C., Khuchua, Z., Shi, K., Bers, D.M., Davis, J., Molkentin, J.D. (2018). The mitochondrial calcium uniporter underlies metabolic fuel preference in skeletal muscle. JCI Insight, 3(22). https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.121689

Liu, L., Shadish, J. A., Arakawa, C. K., Shi, K., Davis, J., & DeForest, C. A. (2018). Cyclic Stiffness Modulation of Cell‐Laden Protein–Polymer Hydrogels in Response to User‐Specified Stimuli Including Light. Advanced Biosystems, 2(12), 1800240. https://doi.org/10.1002/adbi.201800240

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Molkentin, J. D., Bugg, D., Ghearing, N., Dorn, L. E., Kim, P., Sargent, M. A., … Davis, J. (2017). Fibroblast-Specific Genetic Manipulation of p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase In Vivo Reveals Its Central Regulatory Role in Fibrosis. Circulation, 136(6), 549–561. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.026238

Vanhoutte, D., Schips, T.G., Kwong, J.Q., Davis, J., … McNally, E.M., Molkentin, J.D. (2016) Thrombospondin expression in myofibers stabilizes muscle membranes. Elife. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.17589

Stempien-Otero, A., Kim, D.-H., & Davis, J. (2016). Molecular networks underlying myofibroblast fate and fibrosis. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 97, 153–161. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.YJMCC.2016.05.002

Davis, J., Davis, L. C., Correll, R. N., Makarewich, C. A., Schwanekamp, J. A., Moussavi-Harami, F., … Molkentin, J. D. (2016). A Tension-Based Model Distinguishes Hypertrophic versus Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Cell, 165(5), 1147–1159. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CELL.2016.04.002

Highlighted in Cell, Nature Reviews Cardiology, and Trends in Molecular Medicine and featured in Medical News Today

Davis, J., Salomonis, N., Ghearing, N., Lin, S.-C. J., Kwong, J. Q., Mohan, A., … Molkentin, J. D. (2015). MBNL1-mediated regulation of differentiation RNAs promotes myofibroblast transformation and the fibrotic response. Nature Communications, 6(1), 10084. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10084

Davis, J., & Molkentin, J. D. (2014). Myofibroblasts: trust your heart and let fate decide. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 70, 9–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjmcc.2013.10.019

Goonasekera, S.A.*, Davis, J.*, … , Molkentin, J.D. (2014). Enhanced Ca2+ influx from STIM1-Orai1 induces muscle pathology in mouse models of muscular dystrophy. Human Molecular Genetics, 23(14), 3706-3715. https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddu079

Wang W., Barnabei M.S., Asp M.L., Heinis F.I., Arden E., Davis J., Braunlin E., Li Q., Davis J.P., Potter J.D., Metzger J.M. (2013). Noncanonical EF-hand motif strategically delays Ca2+ buffering to enhance cardiac performance. Nature Medicine, 19(3):305-12. https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.3079

Davis J, Kwong JQ, Kitsis RN, Molkentin JD. (2013). Apoptosis repressor with a CARD domain (ARC) restrains Bax-mediated pathogenesis in dystrophic skeletal muscle. PLoS One. 8(12):e82053. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082053

Davis, J., Burr, A. R., Davis, G. F., Birnbaumer, L., & Molkentin, J. D. (2012). A TRPC6-Dependent Pathway for Myofibroblast Transdifferentiation and Wound Healing In Vivo. Developmental Cell, 23(4), 705–715. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2012.08.017

Davis, J., Maillet, M., Miano, J. M., & Molkentin, J. D. (2012). Lost in Transgenesis. Circulation Research, 111(6), 761–777. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.111.262717

Kehat I., Davis J., Tiburcy M., Accornero F., Saba-El-Leil M.K., Maillet M., York A.J., Lorenz J.N., Zimmermann W.H., Meloche S., Molkentin J.D. (2011) Extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 regulate the balance between eccentric and concentric cardiac growth. Circulation Research, 108(2), 176-183. https://doi.org/10.1161/circresaha.110.231514

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