Induced cardiac pacemaker cells survive metabolic stress owing to their low metabolic demand
Heart health: understanding pacemaker cells The heart’s pacemaker cells contain mitochondria that are smaller than average and require less energy than other heart cells, properties that help make them naturally resilient to stress. Cardiac pacemaker cells constitute a tiny proportion of the heart’s...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2019-09-01
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Series: | Experimental and Molecular Medicine |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s12276-019-0303-6 |