Scar Cells Transformed into Blood Vessel Sells (IMAGE)

Houston Methodist

Scar Cells Transformed into Blood Vessel Sells

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Scar cells (top, nuclei stained blue) are coaxed into becoming blood vessel cells with a new, small-molecule and protein therapy. Evidence of the conversion is shown in the second panel (bottom), where red staining indicates the presence of CD31, a protein made by blood vessel cells. In a new Circulation paper, Houston Methodist scientists report these transformed cells self-assembled into vessels that improved blood flow.

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Jack Wong, Houston Methodist Research Institute

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