A Watershed Finding for Heart Regeneration

Cell. 2019 Feb 21;176(5):947-949. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.01.053.

Abstract

The adult mammalian heart is minimally regenerative after injury, whereas neonatal hearts fully recover even after major damage. New work from the Red-Horse and Woo labs (Das et al., 2019) shows that collateral artery formation is a key mechanism contributing to successful regeneration in newborn mice and provides insights into how collateral arteries form.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Newborn
  • Arteries
  • Heart
  • Horses
  • Mice
  • Myocytes, Cardiac*
  • Regeneration*