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Nguyen Lab
Research area
Nguyen Lab's research discovers the striated muscle regeneration.
We are broadly interested in discovering the master gene-regulated mechanism of striated muscle regeneration in injury
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Disassemble heart
Meet the Principal Investigator
Lastest discovery
Dr. Nguyen is one of the first to discover the whole story of the Meis1-Hoxb13 pathway including drug discovery for heart regeneration in the Nature journal.
1. Nguyen NUN et al. A Calcineurin-Hoxb13 Axis Regulates The Growth Mode of Mammalian Cardiomyocytes. Nature 582, 271–276 (2020).
2. Lam NT*, Nguyen NUN*, et al. Targeting calcineurin induces cardiomyocyte proliferation in adult mice. Nat Cardiovasc Res 1, 679–688 (2022). *Contributed equally. (accompanied by an Editorial: Watanabe, H., Sucov, H.M. Cardiomyocyte proliferation by calcineurin inhibition.)
3. Ahmed MS*, Nguyen NUN*, et al. Identification of FDA-Approved Drugs That Induce Heart Regeneration in Mammals. Nat Cardiovasc Res 3, 372–388 (2024). *Contributed equally. (accompanied by an Editorial: Yuan, X., Braun, T. Toward drug-induced heart regeneration.)
