Thymosin beta4 induces adult epicardial progenitor mobilization and neovascularization.

Cardiac failure has a principal underlying aetiology of ischaemic damage arising from vascular insufficiency. Molecules that regulate collateral growth in the ischaemic heart also regulate coronary vasculature formation during embryogenesis. Here we identify thymosin beta4 (Tbeta4) as essential for...

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Main Authors: Smart, N, Risebro, C, Melville, A, Moses, K, Schwartz, R, Chien, K, Riley, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2007