Getting to the heart of cardiovascular evolution in humans

Differences in the response of cardiomyocytes to oxygen deprivation in humans and chimpanzees may explain why humans are more prone to certain heart diseases.

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Main Authors: Alex Pollen, Bryan J Pavlovic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2019-05-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/47807
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spelling doaj-ea1caab1265a43ff85900ed9e7dfebc12021-05-05T17:38:46ZengeLife Sciences Publications LtdeLife2050-084X2019-05-01810.7554/eLife.47807Getting to the heart of cardiovascular evolution in humansAlex Pollen0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3263-8634Bryan J Pavlovic1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-5315Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States; The Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United StatesDepartment of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States; The Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United StatesDifferences in the response of cardiomyocytes to oxygen deprivation in humans and chimpanzees may explain why humans are more prone to certain heart diseases.https://elifesciences.org/articles/47807humanchimpanzeecardiomyocyteshypoxiaiPSCs
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iPSCs
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title Getting to the heart of cardiovascular evolution in humans
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description Differences in the response of cardiomyocytes to oxygen deprivation in humans and chimpanzees may explain why humans are more prone to certain heart diseases.
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cardiomyocytes
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iPSCs
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