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ARQUIVOS BRASILEIROS DE CARDIOLOGIA
Volume 107, Issue 3, Pages 271-275Publisher
ARQUIVOS BRASILEIROS CARDIOLOGIA
DOI: 10.5935/abc.20160097
Keywords
Myocardial Infarction; Myocardial Ischemia; Vascular Remodeling; Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; Cell-and Tissue Based Therapy
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- CNPq [461865/2014-9]
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Myocardial infarction is the most significant manifestation of ischemic heart disease and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Novel strategies targeting at regenerating the injured myocardium have been investigated, including gene therapy, cell therapy, and the use of growth factors. Growth factor therapy has aroused interest in cardiovascular medicine because of the regeneration mechanisms induced by these biomolecules, including angiogenesis, extracellular matrix remodeling, cardiomyocyte proliferation, stem-cell recruitment, and others. Together, these mechanisms promote myocardial repair and improvement of the cardiac function. This review aims to address the strategic role of growth factor therapy in cardiac regeneration, considering its innovative and multifactorial character in myocardial repair after ischemic injury. Different issues will be discussed, with emphasis on the regeneration mechanisms as a potential therapeutic resource mediated by growth factors, and the challenges to make these proteins therapeutically viable in the field of cardiology and regenerative medicine.
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