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Meis1 regulates postnatal cardiomyocyte cell cycle arrest.
Nature - 9 May 2013
Mahmoud Ahmed I, Kocabas Fatih, Muralidhar Shalini A, Kimura Wataru, Koura Ahmed S, Thet Suwannee, Porrello Enzo R, Sadek Hesham A
Abstract excerpt
The neonatal mammalian heart is capable of substantial regeneration following injury through cardiomyocyte proliferation. However, this regenerative capacity is lost by postnatal day 7 and the mechanisms of cardiomyocyte cell cycle arrest remain unclear. The homeodomain transcription factor Meis1 is required for normal cardiac development but its role in cardiomyocytes is unknown. Here we identify Meis1 as a...
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