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Repair of Infarcted Myocardium by an Extract of Geum japonicum with Dual Effects on Angiogenesis and Myogenesis
Author(s) -
Ming Li,
CheukMan Yu,
Lei Cheng,
Mei Wang,
Xuemei Gu,
KK Lee,
Tian Wang,
Yn Tz Sung,
John E. Sanderson
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2006.068247
Subject(s) - angiogenesis , myocardial infarction , in vivo , myocyte , cardiology , infarction , medicine , ejection fraction , myogenesis , pharmacology , biology , heart failure , microbiology and biotechnology
It has become apparent recently that cardiac myocytes can divide after myocardial infarction, a circumstance that challenges the orthodox view that myocytes may be terminally differentiated. Replacement of the necrosed heart tissue by newly regenerated functional myocardium is a therapeutic ideal, but attempts to reconstitute functional myocardia and coronary vessels have been less successful.

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