Discover CircRes

Cynthia St. Hilaire, PhD & Milka Koupenova, PhD•circresearch.libsyn.com

Each 15-minute podcast will provide an overview of the issue’s contents and relevant news in the field of basic/translational cardiovascular biology followed by an in-depth discussion of a featured article. This discussion will pull opinions from the podcast hosts, editorial team, research leaders and authors – both the corresponding authors as well as the trainee(s). We will provide lively discussions that give the listener a behind the scenes look at how science gets done and the implications of these fascinating discoveries.

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Episodes

June 2020 Discover Circ Res

This month on Episode 13 of the Discover CircRes podcast, host Cindy St. Hilaire highlights three featured articles from the June 5 issue of Circulation Research and gives listeners an inside scoop on the cutting-edge ideas in the June 19th Compendium on Atrial Fibrillation. This episode also features an in-depth conversation with Dr David McManus on emerging technologies for identifying AFib. Article highlights: Zhang, et al. ACEI/ARB on COVID-19 in patients with hypertension Sakamoto, et al. E...

Jun 18, 2020•28 min

May 2020 Discover CircRes

This month on Episode 12 of the Discover CircRes podcast, host Cindy St. Hilaire highlights three featured articles from the May 8 issue of Circulation Research and gives listeners an inside scoop of the cutting edge ideas in the May 22nd Compendium on Obesity. This episode also features an in-depth conversation with Dr Eduardo Marbán concerning COVID-19 and its effects on the heart. Article highlights: Roberts et al. LYN Regulates Monocyte Heterogeneity and Lifespan Lu, et al. Acute Hyperglycem...

May 21, 2020•30 min

April 2020 CircRes

This month on Episode 111 of the Discover CircRes podcast, host Cindy St. Hilaire highlights three featured articles from the March 27 issue of Circulation Research and talks with Dr. Matthias Nahrendorf and Dr. Maximilian Schloss about their article Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk, Hematopoiesis and Innate Immunity. Article highlights: Liu et al. Genetics of Transposition of the Great Arteries Park et al. Mild Lipid Abnormalities and ASCVD in the Young Yan, et al. Gut Flora Adjusts Blood Pressur...

Apr 23, 2020•26 min

March 2020 Discover CircRes

This month on Episode 10 of the Discover CircRes podcast, host Cindy St. Hilaire highlights four featured articles from the February 28 and March 13, 2020 issues of Circulation Research and talks with Dr Mary McDermott about her article Cocoa to Improve Walking Performance in Older People With Peripheral Artery Disease: The Cocoa-Pad Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial . Article highlights: Rykaczewska, et al. PCSK6 Is a Key Protease in Vascular Injury Lebek, et al. SDB Induces Arrhythmias via CaMKI...

Mar 19, 2020•22 min

February 2020 Discover CircRes

This month on Episode 9 of the Discover CircRes podcast, host Cindy St. Hilaire highlights four featured articles from the January 31 and February 14, 2020 issues of Circulation Research and talks with Dr Joe Miano and DrThomas Quertermous about their article Coronary Disease-Associated Gene TCF21 Inhibits Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation by Blocking the Myocardin-Serum Response Factor Pathway . Article highlights: Wang, et al. Multi-Omics Integration Study of AF Heianza, et al. Antibiotics an...

Feb 20, 2020•26 min

January 2020 Discover CircRes

This month on Episode 8 of the Discover CircRes podcast, host Cindy St. Hilaire speaks with Nikki Purcell and Sean Wu, the chair and vice-chair of the BCVS Early Career Committee. The episode also features an interview with the 2019 BCVS Early Career Finalists, Dr Luigi Adamo, Dr Swati Dey, and Dr Jihoon Nah. In addition, we highlight three featured articles from the January 3 and January 17, 2020 issues of Circulation Research . Article highlights: Souza, et al. Upregulation of Plasma SPM by En...

Jan 16, 2020•35 min

December 2019 Discover CircRes

This month on Episode 7 of the Discover CircRes podcast, host Cindy St. Hilaire highlights two featured articles from the December 6, 2019 issue of Circulation Research and talks with Roy Silverstein and Yiliang Chen about their article, Mitochondrial Metabolic Reprogramming by CD36 Signaling Drives Macrophage Inflammatory Responses . Article highlights: McArdle, et al, et al. Migratory and Dancing Atherosclerotic Macrophages Skaria, et al. Cardioprotection with Endogenous αCGRP Transcript Dr Ci...

Dec 12, 2019•30 min

November 2019 Discover CircRes

This month on Episode 6 of the Discover CircRes podcast, host Cindy St. Hilaire highlights five featured articles from the October 25 and November 8, 2019 issues of Circulation Research and talks with Coleen McNamara and Aditi Upadhye about their article, Diversification and CXCR4-Dependent Establishment of the Bone Marrow B-1a Cell Pool Governs Atheroprotective IgM Production Linked To Human Coronary Atherosclerosis. Article highlights: Omura, et al. ADAMTS8 in Pulmonary Hypertension. Rödel, et...

Nov 14, 2019•28 min

October 2019 Discover CircRes

This month on Episode 5 of the Discover CircRes podcast, host Cindy St. Hilaire highlights five featured articles from the September 27 and October 11, 2019 issues of Circulation Research and talks with Sarvesh Chelvanambi and Matthias Clauss about their article HIV-Nef Protein Transfer to Endothelial Cells Requires Rac1 Activation and Leads to Endothelial Dysfunction: Implications for Statin Treatment in HIV Patients . Article highlights: Stamatelopoulos, et al. Reactive Vasodilation in AL Amyl...

Oct 17, 2019•29 min

September 2019 Issue

This month on the Discover CircRes podcast, host Cindy St. Hilaire highlights five featured articles from recent issues of Circulation Research and talks with Matthew Stratton, Rushita Bagchi, and Tim McKinsey about their article on Dynamic Chromatin Targeting of BRD4 Stimulates Cardiac Fibroblast Activation . Article highlights: Vincentz, et al. HAND1 Enhancer Variation Impacts Heart Conduction Zhuang, et al. EC-Klf2-Foxp1-Nlrp3 Regulates Atherogenesis Quintanilla, et al. Robust Targets for Per...

Sep 19, 2019•37 min

August 2019 Issue

This month on the Discover CircRes podcast, host Cindy St. Hilaire highlights three featured articles from recent issues of Circulation Research and talks with Denisa Wagner and Nicoletta Sorvillo about their article on how PAD4 in blood promotes VWF strings and thrombosis . Article highlights: Goodyer et al: ScRNA-seq of the Cardiac Conduction System Xiong et al: Chemotaxis Mediated Second Heart Field Deployment Ranchoux et al: Pulmonary Hypertension and Metabolic Syndrome Rühl et al. Thrombin/...

Aug 15, 2019•32 min

July 2019 Discover CircRes

This month on the Discover CircRes podcast, host Cindy St. Hilaire highlights three featured articles from recent issues of Circulation Research and talks with Steve Lim and James M. Murphy about their article on nuclear FAK regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation . Article highlights: Li et al: Histone Turnover in Adult Heart Kurosawa et al: Celastramycin Ameliorates Pulmonary Hypertension Urban et al: NOS3 Gene Polymorphism and Coronary Heart Disease Transcript Cindy S.: Hi, welcome to ...

Jul 18, 2019•27 min

Discover CircRes Intro Podcast

Cindy S.H.: Hi. Welcome to Discover CircRes, the monthly podcast of the American Heart Association's journal Circulation Research. I'm your host, Cindy St. Hilaire, and my goal is to bring you highlights of articles published in the Circ Research Journal as well as have in-depth conversations with senior scientists and the junior trainees who have led the most exciting discoveries in our current issues. Today is our premier episode, so I want to take some time to introduce myself, give you a lit...

Jun 20, 2019•32 min

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