Vitamin C facilitates direct cardiac reprogramming by inhibiting reactive oxygen species
Abstract Background After myocardial infarction, the lost myocardium is replaced by fibrotic tissue, eventually progressively leading to myocardial dysfunction. Direct reprogramming of fibroblasts into cardiomyocytes via the forced overexpression of cardiac transcription factors Gata4, Mef2c, and Tb...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2024-01-01
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Series: | Stem Cell Research & Therapy |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13287-023-03615-x |