ReviewStem cell reviews and reports2013
Thymosin β4 and cardiac regeneration: are we missing a beat?
Review in Stem cell reviews and reports, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- More than Just a Simple Cardiac Envelope; Cellular Contributions of the Epicardium.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2017Review
- Novel therapeutic strategies targeting fibroblasts and fibrosis in heart disease.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2016Review
- Thymosin β4 impeded murine stem cell proliferation with an intact cardiovascular differentiation.Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Medical sciences = Hua zhong ke ji da xue xue bao. Yi xue Ying De wen ban = Huazhong keji daxue xuebao. Yixue Yingdewen ban · 2016Article
- Thymosin β4 coated nanofiber scaffolds for the repair of damaged cardiac tissue.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2014Article
- The non-coding road towards cardiac regeneration.Journal of cardiovascular translational research · 2013Review
- Adult stem cells and cardiac regeneration.Stem cell reviews and reports · 2013Article
- Cardiac Progenitor Cells in Myocardial Infarction Wound Healing: A Critical Review.Advances in wound care · 2013Review
- Cardiac-derived stem cell-based therapy for heart failure: progress and clinical applications.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2013Review
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Abstract
Epicardial resident stem cells are known to differentiate into cardiomyocytes during cardiac development, amongst other cell types. Whether epicardium-derived progenitor cells (EPDCs) retain this plasticity in the adult heart has been the topic of heated scientific debate. Priming with thymosin beta 4, a peptide which has been suggested to be critical for cardiac development and to have cardio-protective properties, was recently shown to induce differentiation of EPDCs into cardiomyocytes in a small animal model of myocardial infarction. This finding is in stark contrast to another recent study in which thymosin beta 4 treatment following myocardial infarction did not induce cardiomyocyte differentiation of EPDCs. While EPDCs seem to exhibit overall cardio-protective effects on the heart following myocardial infarction, they have not been shown to differentiate into cardiomyocytes in a clinically relevant setting. It will be important to understand why the ability of one therapeutic agent to induce cardiomyocyte differentiation of EPDCs seemingly depends on a single variable, i.e. the time of administration. Furthermore, in light of a recent report, it appears that thymosin beta 4 may be dispensable for cardiac development.
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