Is adult cardiac regeneration absent in Xenopus laevis yet present in Xenopus tropicalis?

Abstract We recently used an endoscopy-based resection method to explore the consequences of cardiac injury in adult Xenopus laevis, obtaining the result that the adult Xenopus heart is unable to regenerate. At 11 months post-amputation, cellular and biological marks of scarring persisted. We thus c...

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Published in:Cell & Bioscience
Main Authors: Lindsey Marshall, Fabrice Girardot, Barbara A. Demeneix, Laurent Coen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Subjects:
Anuran amphibians
Xenopus laevis
Xenopus tropicalis
Cardiac regeneration
Heart injury
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13578-018-0231-5

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