Oxytocin promotes epicardial cell activation and heart regeneration after cardiac injury
Aaron H. Wasserman, Amanda Huang, Yonatan R. Lewis‐Israeli, McKenna D. Dooley, Allison L. Mitchell, Manigandan Venkatesan, Aitor Aguirre
This study shows that oxytocin promotes epicardial cell activation and heart regeneration in both mammals and zebrafish by inducing proliferation, EMT, and migration through the TGF-β pathway.
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology · Sep 30, 2022Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology