Regrowing the heart, one TREE at a time

Cell Stem Cell. 2023 Jan 5;30(1):1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2022.12.004.

Abstract

While many animals can completely repair injured tissues, the mammalian heart possesses limited regenerative capabilities. Yan and Cigliola et al. show that AAV-mediated, zebrafish-derived tissue regeneration enhancer elements (TREEs) can direct pro-regenerative gene expression in injured cardiac tissue of mice and pigs that turn off following repair.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Proliferation
  • Heart*
  • Mammals
  • Myocytes, Cardiac
  • Swine
  • Wound Healing / genetics
  • Zebrafish*