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Lymphocytes at the Heart of Wound Healing.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2017
Nunes-Silva Vânia, Frantz Stefan, Ramos Gustavo Campos
Abstract excerpt
The adult mammalian heart displays negligible regenerative capacity. Therefore, myocardial infarction (MI) often results in an irreversible loss of contractile tissue, leading to a collagenous scar formation, progressive remodelling and heart failure (HF). Over the past few years, emerging evidences indicate that a myocardial ischemic injury mobilizes not only sterile unspecific inflammation but also...
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