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2026 USF MCOM DMPP Research Retreat & T32 Meeting

The USF Morsani College of Medicine, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Retreat was a day filled with great science from graduate students, post-docs and faculty which in part are...

2026 Dr. Sharp Speaks at Emory University

Dr. Sharp speaks at Emory University, Cardiovascular Biology Seminar Series. Talk entitled Microbiota and Metabolites as Mediators: Uncovering the Cardiovascular Consequences of Alcohol-induced Gut...

2025 Circulation Research - ARTICLE

Background: Recent studies suggest aberrant elevation of iNOS (inducible NO synthase) expression and excessive protein s-nitrosylation promote the pathogenesis of heart failure with preserved...

2025 JACC: Basic to Translational Science - ARTICLE

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) accounts for ∼50% of HF cases. The ZSF1-obese rat model recapitulates clinical features of HFpEF including hypertension, obesity, metabolic...

2025 JACC: Basic to Translational Science - ARTICLE

Hydrogen Sulfide Deficiency and Therapeutic Targeting in Cardiometabolic HFpEF

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) presents significant treatment challenges. We assessed hydrogen...