Clinical Interests

Inherited cardiomyopathies

Research Interests

Cardiac transcriptional regulation; transition of hypertrophy into failure 

MD: University of Maastricht, the Netherlands, 2001.

PhD: University of Maastricht, the Netherlands, 2006.

Residency: Cardiology, University Hospital Maastricht, the Netherlands, 2004-2007.

van Berlo JH, Elrod JW, van den Hoogenhof MM, York AJ, Aronow BJ, Duncan SA, Molkentin JD. The transcription factor GATA-6 regulates pathological cardiac hypertrophy. Circ Res. 2010 Oct 15;107(8):1032-40.

van Tintelen JP, Tio RA, Kerstjens-Frederikse WS, van Berlo JH, Boven LG, Suurmeijer AJ, White SJ, den Dunnen JT, te Meerman GJ, Vos YJ, van der Hout AH, Osinga J, van den Berg MP, van Veldhuisen DJ, Buys CH, Hofstra RM, Pinto YM. Severe myocardial fibrosis caused by a deletion of the 5' end of the lamin A/C gene. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Jun 26;49(25):2430-9. 

Meune C, Van Berlo JH, Anselme F, Bonne G, Pinto YM, Duboc D.: Primary prevention of sudden death in patients with lamin A/C gene mutations.N Eng J Med. 2006 Jan 12;354(2):209-210

Van Berlo JH, Voncken JW, Kubben N, Broers JL, Duisters R, van Leeuwen RE, Crijns HJ, Ramaekers FC, Hutchison CJ, Pinto YM.: A-type lamins are essential for TGF-beta1 induced PP2A to dephosphorylate transcription factors.Hum Mol Genet. 2005 Oct 1;14(19):2839-49.