Cardiac macrophages prevent sudden death during heart stress
Cardiac immune cells play various roles in the maintenance of homeostasis and diseases in the heart. Here the authors show that cardiac resident macrophages are a critical regulator of cardiac impulse conduction through amphiregulin production, contributing to the prevention of sudden death.
Main Authors: | Junichi Sugita, Katsuhito Fujiu, Yukiteru Nakayama, Takumi Matsubara, Jun Matsuda, Tsukasa Oshima, Yuxiang Liu, Yujin Maru, Eriko Hasumi, Toshiya Kojima, Hiroshi Seno, Keisuke Asano, Ayumu Ishijima, Naoki Tomii, Masatoshi Yamazaki, Fujimi Kudo, Ichiro Sakuma, Ryozo Nagai, Ichiro Manabe, Issei Komuro |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2021-03-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22178-0 |
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