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The zebrafish heart regenerates after cryoinjury-induced myocardial infarction

BACKGROUND: In humans, myocardial infarction is characterized by irreversible loss of heart tissue, which becomes replaced with a fibrous scar. By contrast, teleost fish and urodele amphibians are capable of heart regeneration after a partial amputation. However, due to the lack of a suitable infarc...

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Autores principales: Chablais, Fabian, Veit, Julia, Rainer, Gregor, Jaźwińska, Anna
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3078894/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21473762
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-213X-11-21