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October 5, 2019Annual Review of Physiology

Cardiomyocyte Polyploidy and Implications for Heart Regeneration

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Why the study?

In mammals, most cardiomyocytes become polyploid, but common assumptions about cardiomyocyte ploidy lack experimental demonstration and key issues remain unresolved.

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PGPeiheng GanMuscular Dystrophy AssociationMPMichaela PattersonMedical College of WisconsinHSHenry M. SucovMedical University of South Carolina

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Implication

Technical challenges and unresolved mechanistic links in cardiomyocyte ploidy persist; leaves open its role in cardiac regeneration.

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Mammalian cardiomyocytes

This review evaluates assumptions about cardiomyocyte ploidy and highlights key unresolved issues regarding its role in heart regeneration.

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Gan et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d9b76ee6ab964fb0836228https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-physiol-021119-034618
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