Thymosin beta-4 is essential for coronary vessel development and promotes neovascularization via adult epicardium.
Ischemic heart disease leading to myocardial infarction causes irreversible cell loss and scarring and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in humans. Significant effort in the field of cardiovascular medicine has been invested in the search for adult cardiac progenitor cells that may replace...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2007
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