Elad Bassat

This study identifies AXL as a key regulator of cardiac regeneration in axolotls and shows its role in inducing cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation in mammals without cell cycle re-entry.

The paper models a macrophage-myofibroblast circuit to predict fibrosis types and shows targeting the myofibroblast autocrine loop reduces fibrosis after myocardial infarction.

This study identifies agrin as a critical regulator of epicardial EMT by localizing dystroglycan to the Golgi apparatus, ensuring ECM-cytoskeletal connectivity and mechanical integrity during heart development.