Despite being mainly composed of terminally differentiated myocytes that cannot re-enter the cell cycle, the heart is not a postmitotic organ and maintains some capacity to form new parenchymal ...

Once cardiac myocytes release the mitochondria-containing EV ... chamber to maintain carbon dioxide levels and temperature. Electron microscopy (EM) allowed us to look at the mitochondria and EV on an ...

Adult rat cardiac myocyte: The protein alpha-actinin (red) reveals the periodic structure of the myofibril. Two nuclei are stained in blue. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for ...

A variety of preclinical and clinical studies using different cell types have demonstrated variable degrees of improvement in cardiac function in models of acute myocardial infarction (MI ...