Section Leon de Windt
- 2025
- Mostert, D., Ferron, S., Olmeda, C. V., Rampazzo, A., & Calore, M. (2025). Advances in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy modeling using human-induced pluripotent stem cell-based models. Heart Rhythm, 22(12), e1286-e1299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.08.012
- Bolaji, M. D., Hartmann, P. E., Buhl, E. M., Colpaert, R. M. W., Gasparella, F., de Windt, L. J., Calore, M., Leube, R. E., & Moazzen, H. (2025). Epicardial Abnormalities and Mesenchymal/Hematopoietic Cell Expansion in Plakophilin 2-Null Mouse Embryonic Hearts. Cells, 14(22), Article 1751. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14221751
- Heuvelmans, L., Mostert, D., Spano, G., Stoll, M., & De Windt, L. J. (2025). GATA4: orchestrating cardiac development and beyond. Cardiovascular Research, 121(16), 2476-2483. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvaf230
- Vencato, S., Cagnin, S., Romanato, C., Murali, K., Velle, A., Sales, G., Romualdi, C., Rakszewska, A., Conrad, C., Facchinello, N., Braghetta, P., Vitiello, L., Rampazzo, A., & Calore, M. (2025). Single nucleus transcriptomic profiling of cardiac cells in a novel transgenic mouse model of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy. European Journal of Human Genetics, 33, 682-682.
- Mostert, D., van der Putten, C., Kurniawan, N. A., Lässer, C., & Bouten, C. V. C. (2025). Bioengineering structural anisotropy in living tissues. Nature reviews bioengineering, 3(9), 727-741. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44222-025-00338-x
- da Costa Martins, P. A., Calore, M., & Kocken, J. M. M. (2025). Right ventricle remodelling: from in vitro to in vivo and from simple to complex models. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology Plus, 12, Article 100298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmccpl.2025.100298
- Sacchetto, C., Rabino, M., Paulis, M., Ferron, S., Bauce, B., Vitiello, L., Rampazzo, A., de Windt, L. J., Di Pasquale, E., & Calore, M. (2025). Generation of the human iPSC line UNIPDi006-A from a patient with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy carrying the DSG2 c.1672C > T pathogenic variant. Stem Cell Research, 85, Article 103695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scr.2025.103695
- 2024
- Salavati, A., van der Wilt, C. N., Calore, M., van Es, R., Rampazzo, A., van der Harst, P., van Steenbeek, F. G., van Tintelen, J. P., Harakalova, M., & Te Riele, A. S. J. M. (2024). Artificial Intelligence Advancements in Cardiomyopathies: Implications for Diagnosis and Management of Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy. Current Heart Failure Reports, 22(1), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11897-024-00688-4
- Vencato, S., Cagnin, S., Romanato, C., Murali, K., Ferron, S., Becchi, T., Velle, A., Sales, G., Romualdi, C., Rakszewska, A., Conrad, C., Braghetta, P., Vitiello, L., Rampazzo, A., & Calore, M. (2024). Characterization of a novel transgenic mouse model for arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy: phenotype and heart transcriptome profile. European Journal of Human Genetics, 32, 1386-1386.
- Léger, L., Aalders, J., Heymans, N., Van Acker-Verberckt, K., De Bleeckere, L., Coucke, P., Menten, B., Bauce, B., Vitiello, L., Rampazzo, A., Calore, M., & van Hengel, J. (2024). Generation of a human induced pluripotent stem cell line UGENTi002-A from an arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy patient carrying the c.817C>T DSP heterozygous variant and isogenic control using CRISPR/Cas9 editing. Stem Cell Research, 81, Article 103537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scr.2024.103537
- Vilaça, A., Jesus, C., Lino, M., Hayman, D., Emanueli, C., Terracciano, C. M., Fernandes, H., de Windt, L. J., & Ferreira, L. (2024). Extracellular vesicle transfer of lncRNA H19 splice variants to cardiac cells. Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids, 35(3), Article 102233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omtn.2024.102233
- Vencato, S., Romanato, C., Rampazzo, A., & Calore, M. (2024). Animal Models and Molecular Pathogenesis of Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy Associated with Pathogenic Variants in Intercalated Disc Genes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(11), Article 6208. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25116208
- Beslika, E., Leite-Moreira, A., De Windt, L. J., & da Costa Martins, P. (2024). Large animal models of pressure overload-induced cardiac left ventricular hypertrophy to study remodelling of the human heart with aortic stenosis. Cardiovascular Research, 120(5), 461-475. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvae045
- Spanò, G., Pehlivanoglu, S., & De Windt, L. J. (2024). Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: uncovering new layers of transcriptome regulation. Cardiovascular Research, 120(1), 10-12. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvad192
- 2023
- Rabussier, G., Bunter, I., Bouwhuis, J., Soragni, C., van Zijp, T., Ng, C. P., Domansky, K., Windt, L. J. D., Vulto, P., Murdoch, C. E., Bircsak, K. M., & Lanz, H. L. (2023). Healthy and diseased placental barrier on-a-chip models suitable for standardized studies. Acta Biomaterialia, 164(1), 363-376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2023.04.033
- Juni, R. P., Kocken, J. M. M., Abreu, R. C., Ottaviani, L., Davalan, T., Duygu, B., Poels, E. M., Vasilevich, A., Hegenbarth, J. C., Appari, M., Bitsch, N., Olieslagers, S., Schrijvers, D. M., Stoll, M., Heineke, J., de Boer, J., de Windt, L. J., & da Costa, P. A. (2023). MicroRNA-216a is essential for cardiac angiogenesis. Molecular Therapy, 31(6), 1807-1828. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymthe.2023.04.007
- Soragni, C., Vergroesen, T., Hettema, N., Rabussier, G., Lanz, H. L., Trietsch, S. J., de Windt, L. J., & Ng, C. P. (2023). Quantify permeability using on-a-chip models in high-throughput applications. STAR protocols, 4(1), Article 102051. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102051
- de Boer, M., Hekkert, M. T., Chang, J., van Thiel, B. S., Martens, L., Bos, M. M., de Kleijnen, M. G. J., Ridwan, Y., Octavia, Y., van Deel, E. D., Blonden, L. A., Brandt, R. M. C., Barnhoorn, S., Bautista-Nino, P. K., Krabbendam-Peters, I., Wolswinkel, R., Arshi, B., Ghanbari, M., Kupatt, C., ... Duncker, D. J. (2023). DNA repair in cardiomyocytes is critical for maintaining cardiac function in mice. Aging Cell, 22(3), Article e13768. https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.13768
- Vilaça, A., de Windt, L. J., Fernandes, H., & Ferreira, L. (2023). Strategies and challenges for non-viral delivery of non-coding RNAs to the heart. Trends in Molecular Medicine, 29(1), 70-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molmed.2022.10.002
- 2022
- Hegenbarth, J. C., De Majo, F., Spano, G., Olieslagers, S., Esfandyari, D., Tiburcy, M., Zimmermann, W. H., Stoll, M., & de Windt, L. (2022). Machine learning-assisted integration of single cell transcriptomic data identifies potential cardiomyocyte maturation genes. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 173, S47-S47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjmcc.2022.08.094
- Spano, G., Hegenbarth, J. C., De Majo, F., Tiburcy, M., Zimmermann, W. H., & de Windt, L. (2022). RNA m6A modification governs early human cardiomyocyte commitment. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 173, S108-S109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjmcc.2022.08.215
- De Windt, L. J. (2022). Grand challenges in molecular cardiology. Frontiers in Molecular Medicine, 2, Article 920039. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmmed.2022.920039
- Soragni, C., Rabussier, G., Lanz, H. L., Bircsak, K. M., de Windt, L. J., Trietsch, S. J., Murdoch, C. E., & Ng, C. P. (2022). A versatile multiplexed assay to quantify intracellular ROS and cell viability in 3D on-a-chip models. Redox Biology, 57, Article 102488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.redox.2022.102488
- Videira, R. F., Koop, A. M. C., Ottaviani, L., Poels, E. M., Kocken, J. M. M., Dos Remedios, C., Mendes-Ferreira, P., Van De Kolk, K. W., Du Marchie Sarvaas, G. J., Lourenço, A., Llucià-Valldeperas, A., Nascimento, D. S., de Windt, L. J., De Man, F. S., Falcão-Pires, I., Berger, R. M. F., & da Costa Martins, P. (2022). The adult heart requires baseline expression of the transcription factor Hand2 to withstand right ventricular pressure overload. Cardiovascular Research, 118(12), 2688-2702. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvab299
- Raso, A., Dirkx, E., Sampaio-Pinto, V., El Azzouzi, H., Cubero, R. J., Sorensen, D. W., Ottaviani, L., Olieslagers, S., Huibers, M. M., de Weger, R., Siddiqi, S., Moimas, S., Torrini, C., Zentillin, L., Braga, L., Nascimento, D. S., da Costa Martins, P. A., van Berlo, J. H., Zacchigna, S., ... De Windt, L. J. (2022). Author Correction: A microRNA program regulates the balance between cardiomyocyte hyperplasia and hypertrophy and stimulates cardiac regeneration. Nature Communications, 13(1), Article 4977. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32785-0
- Sansonetti, M., & De Windt, L. J. (2022). Non-coding RNAs in cardiac inflammation: key drivers in the pathophysiology of heart failure. Cardiovascular Research, 118(9), 2058-2073. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvab192
- Spano, G., De Majo, F., Hegenbarth, J. C., Tiburcy, M., Zimmermann, W. H., & De Windt, L. J. (2022). m6A modification regulates early human cardiomyocyte lineage specification. Cardiovascular Research, 118(SUPPL 1). https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvac066.004
- Ottaviani, L., Juni, R. P., de Abreu, R. C., Sansonetti, M., Sampaio-Pinto, V., Halkein, J., Hegenbarth, J. C., Ring, N., Knoops, K., Kocken, J. M. M., Jesus, C. D., Ernault, A. C., El Azzouzi, H., Rühle, F., Olieslagers, S., Fernandes, H., Ferreira, L., Braga, L., Stoll, M., ... da Costa Martins, P. A. (2022). Intercellular transfer of miR-200c-3p impairs the angiogenic capacity of cardiac endothelial cells. Molecular Therapy, 30(6), 2257-2273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymthe.2022.03.002
- Vilaca, A., Fernandes, H., de Windt, L., & Ferreira, L. (2022). H19-Enriched Extracellular Vesicles Promote Angiogenesis In Vitro. Tissue Engineering, 28, S354-S354.
- de Windt, L. (2022). Small Tricks To Mend A Broken Heart. Tissue Engineering, 28, S643-S643.
- Mangraviti, N., & De Windt, L. J. (2022). Long Non-Coding RNAs in Cardiac Hypertrophy. Frontiers in Molecular Medicine, 2, Article 836418. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmmed.2022.836418
- Hegenbarth, J.-C., Lezzoche, G., De Windt, L. J., & Stoll, M. (2022). Perspectives on Bulk-Tissue RNA Sequencing and Single-Cell RNA Sequencing for Cardiac Transcriptomics. Frontiers in Molecular Medicine, 2, Article 839338. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmmed.2022.839338
- 2021
- Gandhi, S., Witten, A., De Majo, F., Gilbers, M., Maessen, J., Schotten, U., de Windt, L. J., & Stoll, M. (2021). Evolutionarily conserved transcriptional landscape of the heart defining the chamber specific physiology. Genomics, 113(6), 3782-3792. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2021.09.002
- Sacchetto, C., Mohseni, Z., Colpaert, R. M. W., Vitiello, L., De Bortoli, M., Vonhogen, I. G. C., Xiao, K., Poloni, G., Lorenzon, A., Romualdi, C., Bariani, R., Mazzotti, E., Daliento, L., Bauce, B., Corrado, D., Thum, T., Rampazzo, A., de Windt, L. J., & Calore, M. (2021). Circulating miR-185-5p as a Potential Biomarker for Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy. Cells, 10(10), Article 2578. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10102578
- Schreurs, J., Sacchetto, C., Colpaert, R. M. W., Vitiello, L., Rampazzo, A., & Calore, M. (2021). Recent Advances in CRISPR/Cas9-Based Genome Editing Tools for Cardiac Diseases. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(20), Article 10985. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms222010985
- De Majo, F., Martens, L., Hegenbarth, J. C., Ruhle, F., Hamczyk, M. R., Nevado, R. M., Andres, V., Hilbold, E., Bar, C., Thum, T., de Boer, M., Duncker, D. J., Schroen, B., Armand, A. S., Stoll, M., & De Windt, L. J. (2021). Genomic instability in the naturally and prematurely aged myocardium. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(36), Article e2022974118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2022974118
- Raso, A., Dirkx, E., Sampaio-Pinto, V., el Azzouzi, H., Cubero, R. J., Sorensen, D. W., Ottaviani, L., Olieslagers, S., Huibers, M. M., de Weger, R., Siddiqi, S., Moimas, S., Torrini, C., Zentillin, L., Braga, L., Nascimento, D. S., da Costa Martins, P. A., van Berlo, J. H., Zacchigna, S., ... De Windt, L. J. (2021). A microRNA program regulates the balance between cardiomyocyte hyperplasia and hypertrophy and stimulates cardiac regeneration. Nature Communications, 12(1), Article 4808. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25211-4
- Badimon, L., Robinson, E. L., Jusic, A., Carpusca, I., DeWindt, L. J., Emanueli, C., Ferdinandy, P., Gu, W., Gyongyosi, M., Hackl, M., Karaduzovic-Hadziabdic, K., Lustrek, M., Martelli, F., Nham, E., Potocnjak, I., Satagopam, V., Schneider, R., Thum, T., & Devaux, Y. (2021). Cardiovascular RNA markers and artificial intelligence may improve COVID-19 outcome: a position paper from the EU-CardioRNA COST Action CA17129. Cardiovascular Research, 117(8), 1823-1840. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvab094
- Vilaca, A., Sansonetti, M., Fernandes, H., de Windt, L., & Ferreira, L. (2021). Extracellular vesicles as lncRNA-H19 carriers to the cardiovascular system. European Journal of Clinical Investigation, 51, 108-109.
- D'Souza, A., Wang, Y. W., Anderson, C., Bucchi, A., Baruscotti, M., Olieslagers, S., Mesirca, P., Johnsen, A. B., Mastitskaya, S., Ni, H. B., Zhang, Y., Black, N., Cox, C., Wegner, S., Bano-Otalora, B., Petit, C., Gill, E., Logantha, S. J. R. J., Dobrzynski, H., ... Boyett, M. R. (2021). A circadian clock in the sinus node mediates day-night rhythms in Hcn4 and heart rate. Heart Rhythm, 18(5), 801-810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2020.11.026
- Colpaert, R. M. W., & Calore, M. (2021). Epigenetics and microRNAs in cardiovascular diseases. Genomics, 113(2), 540-551. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.12.042
- 2020
- Kesidou, D., Martins, P. A. D. C., de Windt, L. J., Brittan, M., Beqqali, A., & Baker, A. H. (2020). Extracellular Vesicle miRNAs in the Promotion of Cardiac Neovascularisation. Frontiers in physiology, 11, Article 579892. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.579892
- Bar, C., Chatterjee, S., Pires, I. F., Rodrigues, P., Sluijter, J. P. G., Boon, R. A., Nevado, R. M., Andres, V., Sansonetti, M., de Windt, L., Ciccarelli, M., Hamdani, N., Heymans, S., Videira, R. F., Tocchetti, C. G., Giacca, M., Zacchigna, S., Engelhardt, S., Dimmeler, S., ... Thum, T. (2020). Non-coding RNAs: update on mechanisms and therapeutic targets from the ESC Working Groups of Myocardial Function and Cellular Biology of the Heart. Cardiovascular Research, 116(11), 1805-1819. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvaa195
- Vonhogen, I. G. C., Mohseni, Z., Winkens, B., Xiao, K., Thum, T., Calore, M., Martins, P. A. D. C., de Windt, L. J., Spaanderman, M. E. A., & Ghossein-Doha, C. (2020). Circulating miR-216a as a biomarker of metabolic alterations and obesity in women. Non-Coding rna research, 5(3), 144-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ncrna.2020.08.001
- De Majo, F., Hegenbarth, J.-C., Ruehle, F., Baer, C., Thum, T., de Boer, M., Duncker, D. J., Schroen, B., Armand, A.-S., Stoll, M., & De Windt, L. J. (2020). Dichotomy between the transcriptomic landscape of naturally versus accelerated aged murine hearts. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article 8136. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65115-9
- Sacchetto, C., Vitiello, L., de Windt, L. J., Rampazzo, A., & Calore, M. (2020). Modeling Cardiovascular Diseases with hiPSC-Derived Cardiomyocytes in 2D and 3D Cultures. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21(9), Article 3404. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21093404
- Vonhoegen, I. G. C., el Azzouzi, H., Olieslagers, S., Vasilevich, A., de Boer, J., Tinahones, F. J., Martins, P. A. D. C., de Windt, L. J., & Murri, M. (2020). MiR-337-3p Promotes Adipocyte Browning by Inhibiting TWIST1. Cells, 9(4), Article 1056. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells9041056
- De Bortoli, M., Vio, R., Basso, C., Calore, M., Minervini, G., Angelini, A., Melacini, P., Vitiello, L., Vazza, G., Thiene, G., Tosatto, S., Corrado, D., Iliceto, S., Rampazzo, A., & Calore, C. (2020). Novel Missense Variant in MYL2 Gene Associated With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Showing High Incidence of Restrictive Physiology. Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, 13(2), Article 002824. https://doi.org/10.1161/circgen.119.002824
- 2019
- Sacchetto, C., Sequeira, V., Bertero, E., Dudek, J., Maack, C., & Calore, M. (2019). Metabolic Alterations in Inherited Cardiomyopathies. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 8(12), Article 2195. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm8122195



