Cardiac Fibrosis and Cardiac Fibroblast Lineage-Tracing: Recent Advances

Cardiac fibrosis is a common pathological change associated with cardiac injuries and diseases. Even though the accumulation of collagens and other extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins may have some protective effects in certain situations, prolonged fibrosis usually negatively affects cardiac functi...

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Main Authors: Xing Fu, Qianglin Liu, Chaoyang Li, Yuxia Li, Leshan Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2020.00416/full