Nature Cardiovascular Research
Lower workload spurred heart muscle cell division in animals
Animal transplant experiments kept adult hearts supplied with blood but not pumping, prompting heart muscle cells to multiply.Animal transplant experiments kept adult hearts supplied with blood but not pumping, prompting heart muscle cells to multiply.
Animal studyInterventions
Who was studiedAdult mammalian hearts
What changedMechanical unloading of adult mammalian hearts induced cardiomyocyte proliferation
The catchTransplanted donor hearts were nonpumping rather than working under reduced workload