Injured Heart Cells Take on Helpful Blood Vessel Cell Characteristics (IMAGE)

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences

Injured Heart Cells Take on Helpful Blood Vessel Cell Characteristics

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This image shows scar forming cells (in red) in a region of the injured heart expressing endothelial marker in green and thus appearing yellow (see arrows). The study observed that approximately a third of the scar forming cells in the injured region of the heart adopted endothelial 'blood vessel' cell like characteristics.

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Arjun Deb/Nature

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