Evidence That Human Cardiac Myocytes Divide after Myocardial Infarction

Paolo Beltrami, Antonio; Urbanek, Konrad; Kajstura, Jan; Yan, Shaomin; Finato, Nicoletta; Bussani, Rossana; Nadal‐Ginard, Bernardo; Silvestri, Furio; Leri, Annarosa; Alberto Beltrami, Carlo; Anversa, Piero

doi:10.1056/nejm200106073442303

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Evidence That Human Cardiac Myocytes Divide after Myocardial Infarction

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jun 7, 2001

Authors:

Antonio Paolo Beltrami

Konrad Urbanek

Jan Kajstura

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The scarring of the heart that results from myocardial infarction has been interpreted as evidence that the heart is composed of myocytes that are unable to divide. However, recent observations have provided evidence of proliferation of myocytes in the adult heart. Therefore, we studied ...

Subject

Cytokinesis

Mitosis

Myocyte

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