Key result
Following myocardial infarction, reactivated epicardium in the infarcted region showed significant epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, supporting its active involvement in repair and regeneration.
Population
Preclinical model with myocardial infarction using an inducible epicardial Cre line and a double…
Comparison
Myocardial infarction vs Remote (uninjured) epicardium
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Supports epicardial EMT in rodent post-MI repair; leaves open translation to human regenerative therapies.
This study provides visual evidence that the epicardium actively participates in the repair and regeneration of infarcted myocardium through epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition.
Zhou et al. (2011) studied Myocardial infarction. Cre-LoxP-mediated genetic lineage trace was evaluated on Epicardial epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). Following myocardial infarction, reactivated epicardium in the infarcted region showed significant epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, supporting its active involvement in repair and regeneration.
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