Cardiac nonmyocytes exhibit a transient increase in cytokine and collagen gene expression 1 week post-infarction, suggesting they play a regulatory role in extracellular matrix remodeling during heart failure.
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Hypothesis-generating for nonmyocyte cytokine roles in post-MI fibrosis; leaves open therapeutic translation to humans.
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