Epicardium-to-fat transition in injured heart

Cell Res. 2014 Nov;24(11):1367-9. doi: 10.1038/cr.2014.125. Epub 2014 Sep 26.

Authors

Qiaozhen Liu¹, Xiuzhen Huang¹, Jin-Hee Oh², Ruei-Zeng Lin³, Shengzhong Duan¹, Ying Yu¹, Rui Yang⁴, Ju Qiu⁴, Juan M Melero-Martin³, William T Pu⁵, Bin Zhou¹

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.
² Department of Pediatrics, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
³ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, and Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
⁴ Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
⁵ Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, and Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

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Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adipocytes / cytology
Adipocytes / metabolism
Animals
Carrier Proteins / metabolism
Cell Differentiation / drug effects
Embryo, Mammalian / drug effects
Embryo, Mammalian / metabolism*
GPI-Linked Proteins / deficiency
GPI-Linked Proteins / genetics
GPI-Linked Proteins / metabolism
Heart / growth & development
Mesothelin
Mice
Mice, Transgenic
Myocardial Infarction / metabolism
Pericardium / cytology*
Perilipin-1
Phosphoproteins / metabolism
Stem Cells / cytology
Stem Cells / drug effects
Stem Cells / metabolism
Tamoxifen / pharmacology
WT1 Proteins / deficiency
WT1 Proteins / genetics
WT1 Proteins / metabolism

Substances

Carrier Proteins
GPI-Linked Proteins
Perilipin-1
Phosphoproteins
WT1 Proteins
Tamoxifen
Mesothelin

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