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Following myocardial infarction, cardiac fibroblasts undergo a dynamic transition from a proliferative myofibroblast state to a nonproliferative, matrix-producing matrifibrocyte state.
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This editorial highlights a novel three-phase model of cardiac fibroblast dynamics post-myocardial infarction, introducing the concept of 'matrifibrocytes' as a distinct, mature scar cell phenotype.
Thomas Eschenhagen (2018) conducted an editorial in Myocardial infarction. Following myocardial infarction, cardiac fibroblasts undergo a dynamic transition from a proliferative myofibroblast state to a nonproliferative, matrix-producing matrifibrocyte state.
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