Role of cyclooxygenase-2-mediated prostaglandin E2-prostaglandin E receptor 4 signaling in cardiac reprogramming

Fibroblasts can be directly reprogrammed to cardiomyocytes, but reprogramming is less efficient for adult compared to embryonic fibroblasts. Here, the authors find that inhibition of inflammation and Cox-2-prostaglandin-cAMP-IL-1β signaling enhances reprogramming efficiency of adult, but not embryon...

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Main Authors: Naoto Muraoka, Kaori Nara, Fumiya Tamura, Hidenori Kojima, Hiroyuki Yamakawa, Taketaro Sadahiro, Kazutaka Miyamoto, Mari Isomi, Sho Haginiwa, Hidenori Tani, Shota Kurotsu, Rina Osakabe, Satoru Torii, Shigeomi Shimizu, Hideyuki Okano, Yukihiko Sugimoto, Keiichi Fukuda, Masaki Ieda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08626-y