16^th World Glycobiology Congress

Cardiac Cell Biology

Cardiac cell biology has come of age. Recognition of activated or modified signaling molecules by specific antibodies, new selective inhibitors, and fluorescent fusion tags are but a few of the tools used to dissect signaling pathways and cross-talk mechanisms that may eventually allow rational drug design. Cardiac hypertrophy is a major risk factor for heart failure and it has been shown that this increase in size occurs at the level of the cardiac myocyte.