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Endocardium Contributes to Cardiac Fat.
Circulation research - 22 Jan 2016
Zhang Hui, Pu Wenjuan, Liu Qiaozhen, He Lingjuan, Huang Xiuzhen, Tian Xueying, Zhang Libo, Nie Yu, Hu Shengshou, Lui Kathy O, Zhou Bin
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: Unraveling the developmental origin of cardiac fat could offer important implications for the treatment of cardiovascular disease. The recent identification of the mesothelial source of epicardial fat tissues reveals a heterogeneous origin of adipocytes in the adult heart. However, the developmental origin of adipocytes inside the heart, namely intramyocardial adipocytes, remains largely unknown....
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