Heart injuries such as those induced by acute ischemia can lead to heart failure, the most common cardiac ailment and a serious health problem worldwide. This occurs mainly due to the inability of the mammalian heart to regenerate after injury. Developing strategies to boost cardiac regeneration processes in humans is therefore clinically imperative.
Go to the full article: D’Uva G and Tzahor E. The key roles of ERBB2 in cardiac regeneration. Cell Cycle, 2015