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Cell plasticity helps hearts to repair

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Fibroblast cells are known as key players in the repair of damaged heart structures. New findings show that injury also induces fibroblasts to become endothelial cells, helping to mend damaged blood vessels. See Article p.585

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Figure 1: Cardiac-cell conversions.

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  1. Toru Miyake and Raghu Kalluri are in the Department of Cancer Biology, Metastasis Research Center, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.,

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  2. R.K. is also in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, and in the Department of Bioengineering, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Rice University, Houston.,

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Miyake, T., Kalluri, R. Cell plasticity helps hearts to repair. Nature 514, 575–576 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13928

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