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ReviewMolecular biology reports2019

Myocardial regeneration: role of epicardium and implicated genes.

Omran Saifi, Bachir Ghandour, Diana Jaalouk, Marwan Refaat, Rami Mahfouz

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Review in Molecular biology reports, 2019. 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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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Omran Saifi *Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Bachir Ghandour *Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Diana JaaloukDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Marwan RefaatDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Rami MahfouzMolecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, PO BOX 11-0236, Beirut, Lebanon. rm11@aub.edu.lb.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0622-8191
American University of Beirut · LBAmerican University of Beirut Medical Center · LB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lower invertebrates' hearts such as those of zebrafish have the capacity for scarless myocardial regeneration which is lost by mammalian hearts as they form a fibrotic scar tissue instead of regenerating the injured area. However, neonatal mammalian hearts have a remarkable capacity for regeneration highlighting conserved evolutionary mechanisms underlying such a process. Studies investigated the underlying mechanism of myocardial regeneration in species capable to do so, to see its applicability on mammals. The epicardium, the mesothelial outer layer of the vertebrate heart, has proven to play an important role in the process of repair and regeneration. It serves as an important source of smooth muscle cells, cardiac fibroblasts, endothelial cells, stem cells, and signaling molecules that are involved in this process. Here we review the role of the epicardium in myocardial regeneration focusing on the different involved; Activation, epithelial to mesenchymal transition, and differentiation. In addition, we will discuss its contributory role to different aspects that support myocardial regeneration. Of these we will discuss angiogenesis and the formation of a regenerate extracellular matrix. Moreover, we will discuss several factors that act on the epicardium to affect regeneration. Finally, we will highlight the utility of the epicardium as a mode of cell therapy in the treatment of myocardial injury.

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Gene Regulatory NetworksRegenerationAnimalsExtracellular MatrixHumansMammalsPericardiumEpicardiumGeneticsMyocardiumRegeneration

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PMID31549371
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