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Existing cardiomyocytes generate cardiomyocytes at a low rate after birth in mice.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 17 Jun 2014
Ali Shah R, Hippenmeyer Simon, Saadat Lily V, Luo Liqun, Weissman Irving L, Ardehali Reza
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The mammalian heart has long been considered a postmitotic organ, implying that the total number of cardiomyocytes is set at birth. Analysis of cell division in the mammalian heart is complicated by cardiomyocyte binucleation shortly after birth, which makes it challenging to interpret traditional assays of cell turnover [Laflamme MA, Murray CE (2011) Nature 473(7347):326-335; Bergmann O, et al. (2009) Science...
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