Getting to the heart of regeneration in zebrafish.
Journal Article (Journal Article;Review)
A scientific and clinical prerogative of the 21st century is to stimulate the regenerative ability of the human heart. While the mammalian heart shows little or no natural regeneration in response to injury, certain non-mammalian vertebrates possess an elevated capacity for cardiac regeneration. Adult zebrafish restore ventricular muscle removed by surgical resection, events that involve little or no scarring. Recent studies have begun to reveal cellular and molecular mechanisms of this regenerative process that have exciting implications for human cardiac biology and disease.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Poss, KD
Published Date
- February 2007
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 18 / 1
Start / End Page
- 36 - 45
PubMed ID
- 17178459
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1084-9521
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/j.semcdb.2006.11.009
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- England