| Literature DB >> 24298312 |
Nazish Sayed1, Wing Tak Wong, John P Cooke.
Abstract
After myocardial injury, the cardiac muscle does not regenerate and heals by forming a scar. This process results in loss of heart function and ultimately heart failure. Recent application of reprogramming technology, where forced expression of master regulators convert scar-forming cells to become cardiovascular cells in vivo, has fueled new hope for the development of therapies targeting heart disease.Entities:
Keywords: cardiomyocytes; cardiovascular diseases; cardiovascular regeneration; transdifferentiation; transflammation
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24298312 PMCID: PMC3846075 DOI: 10.14797/mdcj-9-4-210
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J ISSN: 1947-6108