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Topological Arrangement of Cardiac Fibroblasts Regulates Cellular Plasticity.
Circulation research - 22 Jun 2018
Yu Jingyi, Seldin Marcus M, Fu Kai, Li Shen, Lam Larry, Wang Ping, Wang Yijie, Huang Dian, Nguyen Thang L, Wei Bowen, Kulkarni Rajan P, Di Carlo Dino, Teitell Michael, Pellegrini Matteo, Lusis Aldons J, Deb Arjun
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RATIONALE: Cardiac fibroblasts do not form a syncytium but reside in the interstitium between myocytes. This topological relationship between fibroblasts and myocytes is maintained throughout postnatal life until an acute myocardial injury occurs, when fibroblasts are recruited to, proliferate and aggregate in the region of myocyte necrosis. The accumulation or aggregation of fibroblasts in the area of injury...
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