Rita Alonaizan

The paper maps cardiac-immune microniches in regenerating zebrafish hearts and identifies a fibroblast-macrophage interaction that promotes regenerative macrophage states.

This study compares two methods for isolating cardiac progenitor cells, finding that the collagenase-trypsin protocol yields more cells and shares a gene expression profile with cardiosphere-derived cells.

This study shows that circadian rhythms in glycolysis and cell cycle progression are essential for cardiomyocyte proliferation and heart regeneration in zebrafish.

The paper identifies prolonged innate and adaptive immune responses as critical for heart regeneration in surface fish, showing that inhibiting these responses impairs regeneration.

This study shows that miR-210 improves cardiac progenitor cell survival and paracrine function by inhibiting apoptosis and mitophagy, and enhancing mitochondrial biogenesis and growth factor secretion.