Contributor: Steven Stroud

How does the heart clean up after a myocardial infarction? Autophagy. Wong et al identified the role of Cathespin D as a regulator of cardiac remodeling.

First, what is autophagy? Autophagy is derived from the Greek “auto” meaning self and “phagy” meaning eating. Pay close attention, as it is soon to be a familiar term in our field. Exciting new basic and translational research will be presented in CircHF in the coming months.