Endothelial progenitor cells contribute to myocardial regeneration primarily through transdifferentiation into myocardial lineage cells rather than cell fusion.
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Animal evidence favors EPC transdifferentiation for myocardial regeneration; leaves open clinical translation and therapeutic harnessing in patients.
Murasawa et al. (2005) studied this question.
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