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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Main Authors: Jin-mo Gu, Sandra I. Grijalva, Natasha Fernandez, Elizabeth Kim, D. Brian Foster, Hee Cheol Cho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-09-01
Series:Experimental and Molecular Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s12276-019-0303-6

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