The extracellular matrix protein agrin promotes heart regeneration in mice

Nature

Volumn 547, Issue 7662, 2017, Pages 179-184

  Bassat, Elad ^a   Mutlak, Yara Eid ^b   Genzelinakh, Alex ^a   Shadrin, Ilya Y ^c   Baruch Umansky, Kfir ^a   Yifa, Oren ^a   Kain, David ^a   Rajchman, Dana ^a   Leach, John ^d   Riabov Bassat, Daria ^a   Udi, Yael ^a   Sarig, Rachel ^a   Sagi, Irit ^a   Martin, James F ^d   Bursac, Nenad ^c   Cohen, Shenhav ^b   Tzahor, Eldad ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c Duke University   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; DYSTROPHIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; DAG1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; DYSTROGLYCAN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN; YAP PROTEIN, MOUSE;

CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIFFERENTIATION; GROWTH; PROTEIN; RODENT;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC MUSCLE CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REGENERATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE REGENERATION; ANIMAL; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CYTOLOGY; HEART; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; AGRIN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL PROLIFERATION; DYSTROGLYCANS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; HEART; MICE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; REGENERATION;

EID: 85024392936     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature22978     Document Type: Article

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