Dedifferentiation and proliferation of mammalian cardiomyocytes.

<h4>Background</h4>It has long been thought that mammalian cardiomyocytes are terminally-differentiated and unable to proliferate. However, myocytes in more primitive animals such as zebrafish are able to dedifferentiate and proliferate to regenerate amputated cardiac muscle.<h4>Me...

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Main Authors: Yiqiang Zhang, Tao-Sheng Li, Shuo-Tsan Lee, Kolja A Wawrowsky, Ke Cheng, Giselle Galang, Konstantinos Malliaras, M Roselle Abraham, Charles Wang, Eduardo Marbán
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20838637/?tool=EBI