期刊
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY
卷 70, 期 -, 页码 2-8出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2013.11.003
关键词
Cardiac fibroblast; Myofibroblast; Development; Embryo; Fibrosis; Marker analysis
资金
- American Heart Association pre doctoral [13PRE16920038]
- Riley Children's Foundation
- Indiana University Department of Pediatrics
- National Institute of Health
Cardiac fibroblasts are the most abundant cell in the mammalian heart. While they have been historically under-appreciated in terms of their functional contributions to cardiac development and physiology, they and their activated form, myofibroblasts, are now known to play key roles in both development and disease through structural, paracrine, and electrical interactions with cardiomyocytes. The lack of specific markers for fibroblasts currently convolutes the study of this dynamic cell lineage, but advances in marker analysis and lineage mapping technologies are continuously being made. Understanding how to best utilize these tools, both individually and in combination, will help to elucidate the functional significance of fibroblast-cardiomyocyte interactions in vivo. Here we review what is currently known about the diverse roles played by cardiac fibroblasts add myofibroblasts throughout development and periods of injury with the intent of emphasizing the duality of their nature. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Myocyte-Fibroblast Signalling in Myocardium . (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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