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The cardiovascular system comprises the heart, blood and lymphatic vessels, and blood. Its most well-known function is the transport of oxygen and nutrients and waste removal, but it also represents the road for immune and stem cells, hormones, and active metabolites. The importance of the cardiovascular system is underlined by the fact that the heart is the first functional organ during embryonic development in mammals, and congenital cardiovascular malformations are the most common birth defects with mostly unknown causes. Furthermore, cardiovascular diseases are the most common causes of death worldwide. Thus, investigation of the function of cells in the cardiovascular system, their interactions, signaling, electrophysiology, specification, and plasticity is of great importance for our understanding of cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology.

This Section of Cells (ISSN: 2073-4409) aims to publish research that provides novel insights and conceptual advancements in the field of cardiovascular science at the biophysical, molecular, cellular, organ, and organism levels.

You have free and unlimited access to the full texts of all the open access articles published in our journal. We welcome you to read our most highly cited papers published in 2024 listed below:

1. “H₂S Protects from Rotenone-Induced Ferroptosis by Stabilizing Fe-S Clusters in Rat Cardiac Cells”
by Sara Linjacki, Yuehong Wang, Navjeet Baath, Devin Mantle and Guangdong Yang
Cells 2024, 13(5), 371;  https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13050371
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/5/371

2. “Single-Cell Analyses Offer Insights into the Different Remodeling Programs of Arteries and Veins”
by Miguel G. Rojas, Simone Pereira-Simon, Zachary M. Zigmond, Javier Varona Santos, Mikael Perla, Nieves Santos Falcon, Filipe F. Stoyell-Conti, Alghidak Salama, Xiaofeng Yang, Xiaochun Long et al.
Cells 2024, 13(10), 793; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13100793
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/10/793

3. “The Role of Fatty Acid Synthase in the Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell to Foam Cell Transition”
by Bethany J. Bogan, Holly C. Williams, Claire M. Holden, Vraj Patel, Giji Joseph, Christopher Fierro, Hugo Sepulveda, W. Robert Taylor, Amir Rezvan and Alejandra San Martin
Cells 2024, 13(8), 658; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13080658
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/8/658

4. “Anti-Inflammatory Oxysterol, Oxy210, Inhibits Atherosclerosis in Hyperlipidemic Mice and Inflammatory Responses of Vascular Cells”
by Frank Stappenbeck, Feng Wang, Satyesh K. Sinha, Simon T. Hui, Lia Farahi, Nigora Mukhamedova, Andrew Fleetwood, Andrew J. Murphy, Dmitri Sviridov, Aldons J. Lusis et al.
Cells 2024, 13(19), 1632; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13191632
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/19/1632

5. “Leucine Supplementation Prevents the Development of Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction in a Rat Model of HFpEF”
by Paula Ketilly Nascimento Alves, Antje Schauer, Antje Augstein, Maria-Elisa Prieto Jarabo, Anita Männel, Peggy Barthel, Beatrice Vahle, Anselmo S. Moriscot, Axel Linke and Volker Adams
Cells 2024, 13(6), 502; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13060502
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/6/502

6. “Defining Transcriptomic Heterogeneity between Left and Right Ventricle-Derived Cardiac Fibroblasts”
by Michael Bradley Dewar, Fahad Ehsan, Aliya Izumi, Hangjun Zhang, Yu-Qing Zhou, Haisam Shah, Dylan Langburt, Hamsini Suresh, Tao Wang, Alison Hacker et al.
Cells 2024, 13(4), 327; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13040327
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/4/327

7. “Cellular, Molecular and Clinical Aspects of Aortic Aneurysm—Vascular Physiology and Pathophysiology”
by Dominika Domagała, Krzysztof Data, Hubert Szyller, Maryam Farzaneh, Paul Mozdziak, Sławomir Woźniak, Maciej Zabel, Piotr Dzięgiel and Bartosz Kempisty
Cells 2024, 13(3), 274; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13030274
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/3/274

8. “The Role of FNDC5/Irisin in Cardiovascular Disease”
by Maciej Grzeszczuk, Piotr Dzięgiel and Katarzyna Nowińska
Cells 2024, 13(3), 277; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13030277
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/3/277

9. “The Impact of Natriuretic Peptides on Heart Development, Homeostasis, and Disease”
by Alexandra E. Giovou, Monika M. Gladka and Vincent M. Christoffels
Cells 2024, 13(11), 931; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13110931
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/11/931

10. “Giant Cell Arteritis: Advances in Understanding Pathogenesis and Implications for Clinical Practice”
by Marino Paroli, Rosalba Caccavale and Daniele Accapezzato
Cells 2024, 13(3), 267; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13030267
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/3/267