Cardiac progenitor reprogramming for heart regeneration

Myocardial infarction leads to the loss of a huge number of cardiomyocytes and the reparatory response to this phenomenon is scar tissue formation, which impairs heart function. Direct reprogramming technology offers an alternative strategy for the generation of functional cardiomyocytes not only in...

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Main Author: Behnam Ebrahimi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-09-01
Series:Cell Regeneration
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2045976917300524