Frane Paic

Prof. Frane Paic

Department of Medical Biology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Zagreb, Grad, Croatia
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Academic Career Length

22Years (2005-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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1 October 2009 in Bone
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FPFrane Paic
Frane Paic
JIJohn C. Igwe
John C. Igwe
RNRavi Nori
Ravi Nori
MKMark S. Kronenberg
Mark S. Kronenberg
TFTiziana Franceschetti
Tiziana Franceschetti
IKIvo Kalajzic
Ivo Kalajzic

7 August 2009 in Journal of Cellular Biochemistry
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JIJohn C. Igwe
John C. Igwe
XJXi Jiang
Xi Jiang
FPFrane Paic
Frane Paic
LMLi Ma
Li Ma
DADouglas J. Adams
Douglas J. Adams
IKIvo Kalajzic
Ivo Kalajzic

1 March 2013 in International Journal of Cardiology
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IGIgor Gošev
Igor Gošev
FPFrane Paic
Frane Paic
ŽĐŽeljko Đurić
Željko Đurić
MGMilorad Gošev
Milorad Gošev
SISanja Ivčević
Sanja Ivčević
BBBojan Biočina
Bojan Biočina

3 October 2017 in Clinical Epigenetics
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IGIgor Gošev
Igor Gošev
MZMartina Zeljko
Martina Zeljko
ŽĐŽeljko Đurić
Željko Đurić
INIvana Nikolić
Ivana Nikolić
MGMilorad Gošev
Milorad Gošev
FPFrane Paic
Frane Paic
Aortic valve stenosis is the most common cardiac valve disease, and with current trends in the population demographics, its prevalence is likely to rise, thus posing a major health and economic burden facing the worldwide societies. Over the past decade, it has become more than clear that our traditional genetic views do not sufficiently explain the well-known link between AS, proatherogenic risk factors, flow-induced mechanical forces, and disease-prone environmental influences. Recent breakthroughs in the field of epigenetics offer us a new perspective on gene regulation, which has broadened our perspective on etiology of aortic stenosis and other aortic valve diseases. Since all known epigenetic marks are potentially reversible this perspective is especially exciting given the potential for development of successful and non-invasive therapeutic intervention and reprogramming of cells at the epigenetic level even in the early stages of disease progression. This review will examine the known relationships between four major epigenetic mechanisms: DNA methylation, posttranslational histone modification, ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling, and non-coding regulatory RNAs, and initiation and progression of AS. Numerous profiling and functional studies indicate that they could contribute to endothelial dysfunctions, disease-prone activation of monocyte-macrophage and circulatory osteoprogenitor cells and activation and osteogenic transdifferentiation of aortic valve interstitial cells, thus leading to valvular inflammation, fibrosis, and calcification, and to pressure overload-induced maladaptive myocardial remodeling and left ventricular hypertrophy. This is especcialy the case for small non-coding microRNAs but was also, although in a smaller scale, convincingly demonstrated for other members of cellular epigenome landscape. Equally important, and clinically most relevant, the reported data indicate that epigenetic marks, particularly certain microRNA signatures, could represent useful non-invasive biomarkers that reflect the disease progression and patients prognosis for recovery after the valve replacement surgery.

1 August 2005
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SASimun Andelinović
Simun Andelinović
DSDavorka Sutlović
Davorka Sutlović
IIIvana Erceg Ivkosić
Ivana Erceg Ivkosić
VSVedrana Skaro
Vedrana Skaro
AIAnte Ivkosić
Ante Ivkosić
DPDragan Primorac
Dragan Primorac

1 November 2021 in Journal of Cardiac Failure
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DLDanielle M. Lindenmuth
Danielle M. Lindenmuth
KCKarin Chase
Karin Chase
CCChristina Cheyne
Christina Cheyne
JWJulie Wyrobek
Julie Wyrobek
MBMilica Bjelic
Milica Bjelic
IGIgor Gosev
Igor Gosev