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Endomitosis and polyploidization of myocardial cells in the periphery of human acute myocardial infarction
4 Apr 2005
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OBJECTIVE: Although the genetic program for reinitiating DNA synthesis exists in post-mitotic cardiomyocytes, and it was reported that in human acute myocardial infarction (AMI) a significant proportion of myocytes enter mitosis, the rule is that the lost tissue is replaced by a collagen scar. The purpose of this study was to search for the basis of this discordance in order to devise future strategies to induce...
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