Damaged Endothelial Cells in the Heart of a Doxorubicin-Treated Mouse (IMAGE)

University of Helsinki

Damaged Endothelial Cells in the Heart of a Doxorubicin-Treated Mouse

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Electromicroscopic image of damaged endothelial cells in the heart of a doxorubicin-treated mouse. The researchers found that in mouse heart, doxorubicin leads to blood vessel rarefaction, which was prevented by treatment with gene therapy using the VEGF-B growth factor.

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Ilkka Miinalainen, University of Oulu.

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