New MaCCardio LAB article in Cell Death & Disease

New MaCCardio LAB article in Cell Death & Disease

Abstract. An overdose of Isoproterenol (ISO) causes acute cardiomyocyte (CM) dropout and activates the resident cardiac c-kitpos stem/progenitor cells (CSCs) generating a burst of new CM formation that replaces those lost to ISO. Recently, unsuccessful attempts to reproduce these findings using c-kitCre knock-in (KI) mouse models were reported.

MaCCardio LAB paper published in Nature

MaCCardio LAB paper published in Nature

Kitcre knock-in mice fail to fate-map cardiac stem cells Carla Vicinanza, Iolanda Aquila, Eleonora Cianflone, Mariangela Scalise, Fabiola Marino, Teresa…

Paper published in Cell

Paper published in Cell

The epidemic of heart failure has stimulated interest in understanding cardiac regeneration. Evidence has been reported supporting regeneration via transplantation of multiple cell types, as well as replication of postmitotic cardiomyocytes.