PMID- 31105581 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201001 IS - 1664-042X (Print) IS - 1664-042X (Electronic) IS - 1664-042X (Linking) VI - 10 DP - 2019 TI - BDNF Actions in the Cardiovascular System: Roles in Development, Adulthood and Response to Injury. PG - 455 LID - 10.3389/fphys.2019.00455 [doi] LID - 455 AB - The actions of BDNF (Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor) in regulating neuronal development and modulating synaptic activity have been extensively studied and well established. Equally important roles for this growth factor have been uncovered in the cardiovascular system, through the examination of gene targeted animals to define critical actions in development, and to the unexpected roles of BDNF in modulating the response of the heart and vasculature to injury. Here we review the compartmentally distinct realm of cardiac myocytes, vascular smooth muscle cells, endothelial cells, and hematopoietic cells, focusing upon the actions of BDNF to modulate contractility, migration, neoangiogenesis, apoptosis and survival. These studies indicate that BDNF is an important growth factor which directs the response of the cardiovascular system to acute and chronic injury. FAU - Kermani, Pouneh AU - Kermani P AD - Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, United States. FAU - Hempstead, Barbara AU - Hempstead B AD - Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, United States. AD - Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, United States. LA - eng GR - P01 HL046403/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS030687/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20190426 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Physiol JT - Frontiers in physiology JID - 101549006 PMC - PMC6498408 OTO - NOTNLM OT - BDNF OT - TrkB OT - cardiovascular system OT - myocardial infarction OT - myocyte OT - vascular injury EDAT- 2019/05/21 06:00 MHDA- 2019/05/21 06:01 PMCR- 2019/04/26 CRDT- 2019/05/21 06:00 PHST- 2018/07/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/04/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/05/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/05/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/05/21 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/04/26 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fphys.2019.00455 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Physiol. 2019 Apr 26;10:455. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00455. eCollection 2019.