Prostaglandin E2 promotes post-infarction cardiomyocyte replenishment by endogenous stem cells

Although self-renewal ability of adult mammalian heart has been reported, few pharmacological treatments are known to promote cardiomyocyte regeneration after injury. In this study, we demonstrate that the critical period of stem/progenitor cell-mediated cardiomyocyte replenishment is initiated with...

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Main Authors: Hsueh, Ying-Chang, Wu, Jasmine M F, Yu, Chun-Keung, Wu, Kenneth K, Hsieh, Patrick C H
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Backwell Publishing Ltd 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3992076/