Matthew J Wolf
Professor, Medicine- Cardiovascular Medicine
2nd floor, 1215 Lee St.
Charlottesville, VA 22908
Bio & Overview
Academic Information
- Department
- Medicine- Cardiovascular Medicine
- Academic Title
- Associate Professor
Primary Education
- Fellowship, Cardiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NCnull
- MD, Washington University School of Medicine, 2000
- PhD, Biochemistry, Washington University School of Medicine, 2000
- Residency, Internal Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NCnull
Other Appointments
- Associate Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Other Affiliations
- MSTP
- Associate Professor, BIMS
- BIMS
Research Interests
Research Disciplines
- Cardiovascular Biology
- Genetics
- Physiology
Research Opportunities
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Genetics
- Physiological Basis of Human Disease
PhD Programs
- Pharmacology
- Physiology
Selected Publications
2024
Pavelec, C. M., Young, A. P., Luviano, H. L., Orrell, E. E., Szagdaj, A., Poudel, N., . . . Leitinger, N. (2024). Cardiomyocyte PANX1 Controls Glycolysis and Neutrophil Recruitment in Hypertrophy. CIRCULATION RESEARCH, 135(4), 503-517. doi:10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.124.324650
Pavelec, C. M., Young, A. P., Luviano, H. L., Orrell, E. E., Szagdaj, A., Poudel, N., . . . Leitinger, N. (2024). Pannexin 1 Channels Control Cardiomyocyte Metabolism and Neutrophil Recruitment During Non-Ischemic Heart Failure.. bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2023.12.29.573679
Cochran, J. D., Leathers, T. A., Maldosevic, E., Siejda, K. W., Vitello, J., Lee, H., . . . Wolf, M. J. (2024). Cell cycle specific, differentially tagged ribosomal proteins to measure phase specific transcriptomes from asynchronously cycling cells. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 14(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-024-52085-5
Woo, L. A., Wintruba, K. L., Wissmann, B., Tkachenko, S., Kubicka, E., Farber, E., . . . Saucerman, J. J. (2024). Multi-omic analysis reveals VEGFR2, PI3K, and JNK mediate the small molecule induction of human iPSC-derived cardiomyocyte proliferation. ISCIENCE, 27(8). doi:10.1016/j.isci.2024.110485
2023
Chakraborty, A., Peterson, N. G., King, J. S., Gross, R. T., Pla, M. M., Thennavan, A., . . . Fox, D. T. (2023). Conserved chamber-specific polyploidy maintains heart function in Drosophila. DEVELOPMENT, 150(16). doi:10.1242/dev.201896
Bazgir, F., Nau, J., Nakhaei-Rad, S., Amin, E., Wolf, M. J., Saucerman, J. J., . . . Ahmadian, M. R. (2023). The Microenvironment of the Pathogenesis of Cardiac Hypertrophy. CELLS, 12(13). doi:10.3390/cells12131780
Nakhaei-Rad, S., Haghighi, F., Bazgir, F., Dahlmann, J., Busley, A. V., Buchholzer, M., . . . Ahmadian, M. R. (2023). Molecular and cellular evidence for the impact of a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy-associated RAF1 variant on the structure and function of contractile machinery in bioartificial cardiac tissues. COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY, 6(1). doi:10.1038/s42003-023-05013-8
Shah, S. A., Reagan, C. E., Bresticker, J. E., Wolpe, A. G., Good, M. E., Macal, E. H., . . . Epstein, F. H. (2023). Obesity-Induced Coronary Microvascular Disease Is Prevented by iNOS Deletion and Reversed by iNOS Inhibition. JACC-BASIC TO TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE, 8(5), 501-514. doi:10.1016/j.jacbts.2022.11.005
2022
Fischer, J. A., Monroe, T. O., Pesce, L. L., Sawicki, K. T., Quattrocelli, M., Bauer, R., . . . McNally, E. M. (2023). Opposing effects of genetic variation in MTCH2 for obesity versus heart failure. HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS, 32(1), 15-29. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddac176
Shah, S. A., Echols, J. T., Sun, C., Wolf, M. J., & Epstein, F. H. (2022). Accelerated fatty acid composition MRI of epicardial adipose tissue: Development and application to eplerenone treatment in a mouse model of obesity-induced coronary microvascular disease. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE, 88(4), 1734-1747. doi:10.1002/mrm.29348
Pavelce, C. M., Wolf, M., Yeudall, S., Upchurch, C., & Leitinger, N. (2022). A Critical Role for Pannexin 1 in Heart Failure Induced by Acute and Chronic Isoproterenol Administration. FASEB JOURNAL, 36. doi:10.1096/fasebj.2022.36.S1.L7728
Young, A., Bradley, L. A., Farrar, E., Bilcheck, H. O., Tkachenko, S., Saucerman, J. J., . . . Wolf, M. J. (2022). Inhibition of DYRK1a Enhances Cardiomyocyte Cycling After Myocardial Infarction. CIRCULATION RESEARCH, 130(9), 1345-1361. doi:10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.121.320005
Young, A., Bradley, L. A., & Wolf, M. J. (2022). In Vivo Methods to Monitor Cardiomyocyte Proliferation. JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASE, 9(3). doi:10.3390/jcdd9030073
2021
Drake, J. C., Wilson, R. J., Laker, R. C., Guan, Y., Spaulding, H. R., Nichenko, A. S., . . . Yan, Z. (2021). Mitochondria-localized AMPK responds to local energetics and contributes to exercise and energetic stress-induced mitophagy. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 118(37). doi:10.1073/pnas.2025932118
Good, M. E., Young, A. P., Wolpe, A. G., Ma, M., Hall, P. J., Duffy, C. K., . . . Isakson, B. E. (2021). Endothelial Pannexin 1 Regulates Cardiac Response to Myocardial Infarction. CIRCULATION RESEARCH, 128(8), 1211-1213. doi:10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.120.317272
2020
Bradley, L. A., Young, A., Li, H., Billcheck, H. O., & Wolf, M. J. (2021). Loss of Endogenously Cycling Adult Cardiomyocytes Worsens Myocardial Function. CIRCULATION RESEARCH, 128(2), 155-168. doi:10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.120.318277
Petersen, C. E., Wolf, M. J., & Smyth, J. T. (2020). Suppression of store-operated calcium entry causes dilated cardiomyopathy of the Drosophila heart. BIOLOGY OPEN, 9(3). doi:10.1242/bio.049999
Petersen, C. E., Wolf, M. J., & Smyth, J. T. (2020). Suppression of store-operated calcium entry causes dilated cardiomyopathy of the Drosophila heart.. Biology open. doi:10.1242/bio.049999
2019
Cresci, S., Pereira, N. L., Ahmad, F., Byku, M., de las Fuentes, L., Lanfear, D. E., . . . Wolf, M. J. (2019). Heart Failure in the Era of Precision Medicine: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. CIRCULATION-GENOMIC AND PRECISION MEDICINE, 12(10), 458-485. doi:10.1161/HCG.0000000000000058
2018
Woo, L. A., Tkachenko, S., Ding, M., Plowright, A. T., Engkvist, O., Andersson, H., . . . Saucerman, J. J. (2019). High-content phenotypic assay for proliferation of human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes identifies L-type calcium channels as targets. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY, 127, 204-214. doi:10.1016/j.yjmcc.2018.12.015
Abraham, D. M., Lee, T. E., Watson, L. J., Mao, L., Chandok, G., Wang, H. -G., . . . Rockman, H. A. (2018). The two-pore domain potassium channel TREK-1 mediates cardiac fibrosis and diastolic dysfunction. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION, 128(11), 4843-4855. doi:10.1172/JCI95945
Wolf, M. J. (2018). "HETE"ing up mitochondria in human heart failure. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 293(1), 130-131. doi:10.1074/jbc.H117.001021
2016
Wolf, M. J. (2016). SPARCling Study of a Drosophila Cardiomyopathy. CIRCULATION-CARDIOVASCULAR GENETICS, 9(2), 104-106. doi:10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.116.001394
Wolf, M. J., Noeth, D., Rammohan, C., & Shah, S. H. (2016). Complexities of Genetic Testing in Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy. CIRCULATION-CARDIOVASCULAR GENETICS, 9(1), 95-99. doi:10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.115.001157
2015
Gao, Q. Q., Wyatt, E., Goldstein, J. A., LoPresti, P., Castillo, L. M., Gazda, A., . . . McNally, E. M. (2015). Reengineering a transmembrane protein to treat muscular dystrophy using exon skipping. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION, 125(11), 4186-4195. doi:10.1172/JCI82768
Hardy, C. M., Birse, R. T., Wolf, M. J., Yu, L., Bodmer, R., & Gibbs, A. G. (2015). Obesity-associated cardiac dysfunction in starvation-selected Drosophila melanogaster. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, 309(6), R658-R667. doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00160.2015
Yu, L., Daniels, J. P., Wu, H., & Wolf, M. J. (2015). Cardiac hypertrophy induced by active Raf depends on Yorkie-mediated transcription. SCIENCE SIGNALING, 8(362). doi:10.1126/scisignal.2005719
2014
Lee, T. E., Yu, L., Wolf, M. J., & Rockman, H. A. (2014). Galactokinase Is a Novel Modifier of Calcineurin-Induced Cardiomyopathy in Drosophila. GENETICS, 198(2), 591-U209. doi:10.1534/genetics.114.166777
2013
Wolf, M. J. (2013). Towards Understanding the Impact of Sarcomeric Gene Mutations. JACC-HEART FAILURE, 1(6), 467-468. doi:10.1016/j.jchf.2013.09.004
Yu, L., Daniels, J., Glaser, A. E., & Wolf, M. J. (2013). Raf-mediated cardiac hypertrophy in adult Drosophila. DISEASE MODELS & MECHANISMS, 6(4), 964-976. doi:10.1242/dmm.011361
Abraham, D. M., & Wolf, M. J. (2013). Disruption of Sarcoendoplasmic Reticulum Calcium ATPase Function in Drosophila Leads to Cardiac Dysfunction. PLOS ONE, 8(10). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0077785
2012
Wooten, E. C., Hebl, V. B., Wolf, M. J., Greytak, S. R., Orr, N. M., Draper, I., . . . Huggins, G. S. (2013). Formin Homology 2 Domain Containing 3 Variants Associated With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. CIRCULATION-CARDIOVASCULAR GENETICS, 6(1), 10-18. doi:10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.112.965277
Wolf, M. J. (2012). Modeling Dilated Cardiomyopathies in Drosophila. TRENDS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE, 22(3), 55-61. doi:10.1016/j.tcm.2012.06.012
Casad, M. E., Yu, L., Daniels, J. P., Wolf, M. J., & Rockman, H. A. (2012). Deletion of Siah-interacting protein gene in Drosophila causes cardiomyopathy. MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS, 287(4), 351-360. doi:10.1007/s00438-012-0684-x
2011
Wolf, M. J., & Rockman, H. A. (2011). Drosophila, Genetic Screens, and Cardiac Function. CIRCULATION RESEARCH, 109(7), 794-806. doi:10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.111.244897
Casad, M. E., Abraham, D., Kim, I. -M., Frangakis, S., Dong, B., Lin, N., . . . Rockman, H. A. (2011). Cardiomyopathy Is Associated with Ribosomal Protein Gene Haplo-Insufficiency in Drosophila melanogaster. GENETICS, 189(3), 861-870. doi:10.1534/genetics.111.131482
Lin, N., Badie, N., Yu, L., Abraham, D., Cheng, H., Bursac, N., . . . Wolf, M. J. (2011). A Method to Measure Myocardial Calcium Handling in Adult Drosophila. CIRCULATION RESEARCH, 108(11), 1306-1U37. doi:10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.110.238105
2010
Goldstein, J. A., Kelly, S. M., LoPresti, P. P., Heydemann, A., Earley, J. U., Ferguson, E. L., . . . McNally, E. M. (2011). SMAD signaling drives heart and muscle dysfunction in a Drosophila model of muscular dystrophy. HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS, 20(5), 894-904. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddq528
Yu, L., Lee, T., Lin, N., & Wolf, M. J. (2010). Affecting Rhomboid-3 Function Causes a Dilated Heart in Adult Drosophila. PLOS GENETICS, 6(5). doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000969
Kim, I. -M., Wolf, M. J., & Rockman, H. A. (2010). Gene Deletion Screen for Cardiomyopathy in Adult Drosophila Identifies a New Notch Ligand. CIRCULATION RESEARCH, 106(7), 1233-U141. doi:10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.109.213785