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Xiao Y, Xia L, Jiang W, Qin J, Zhao L, Li Z, Huang L, Li K, Yu P, Wei L, Jiang X, Chen Z, Yu X. Cardiopulmonary progenitors facilitate cardiac repair via exosomal transfer of miR-27b-3p targeting the SIK1-CREB1 axis. Cell Prolif 2024; 57:e13593. [PMID: 38185757 PMCID: PMC11056695 DOI: 10.1111/cpr.13593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2024] Open
Abstract
Ischemic heart disease, especially myocardial infarction (MI), is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, and desperately needs effective treatments, such as cell therapy. Cardiopulmonary progenitors (CPPs) are stem cells for both heart and lung, but their repairing role in damaged heart is still unknown. Here, we obtained CPPs from E9.5 mouse embryos, maintained their stemness while expanding, and identified their characteristics by scRNA-seq, flow cytometry, quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, and differentiation assays. Moreover, we employed mouse MI model to investigate whether CPPs could repair the injured heart. Our data identified that CPPs exhibit hybrid fibroblastic, endothelial, and mesenchymal state, and they could differentiate into cell lineages within the cardiopulmonary system. Moreover, intramyocardial injection of CPPs improves cardiac function through CPPs exosomes (CPPs-Exo) by promotion of cardiomyocytic proliferation and vascularization. To uncover the underlying mechanism, we used miRNA-seq, bulk RNA-seq, and bioinformatic approaches, and found the highly expressed miR-27b-3p in CPPs-Exo and its target gene Sik1, which can influence the transcriptional activity of CREB1. Therefore, we postulate that CPPs facilitate cardiac repair partially through the SIK1-CREB1 axis via exosomal miR-27b-3p. Our study offers a novel insight into the role of CPPs-Exo in heart repair and highlights the potential of CPPs-Exo as a promising therapeutic strategy for MI.
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- Ying‐Ying Xiao
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital & the First Affiliated HospitalGuangzhou Medical UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated HospitalGuangzhou Medical UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital & the First Affiliated HospitalGuangzhou Medical UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital & the First Affiliated HospitalGuangzhou Medical UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital & the First Affiliated HospitalGuangzhou Medical UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital & the First Affiliated HospitalGuangzhou Medical UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital & the First Affiliated HospitalGuangzhou Medical UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital & the First Affiliated HospitalGuangzhou Medical UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital & the First Affiliated HospitalGuangzhou Medical UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated HospitalGuangzhou Medical UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated HospitalGuangzhou Medical UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital & the First Affiliated HospitalGuangzhou Medical UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Institute for BiotechnologySt. John's UniversityQueensNew YorkUSA
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital & the First Affiliated HospitalGuangzhou Medical UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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Fan C, Qin K, Iroegbu CD, Xiang K, Gong Y, Guan Q, Wang W, Peng J, Guo J, Wu X, Yang J. Magnesium lithospermate B enhances the potential of human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes for myocardial repair. Chin Med J (Engl) 2024:00029330-990000000-00917. [PMID: 38221772 DOI: 10.1097/cm9.0000000000002867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/16/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND We previously reported that activation of the cell cycle in human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) enhances their remuscularization capacity after human cardiac muscle patch transplantation in infarcted mouse hearts. Herein, we sought to identify the effect of magnesium lithospermate B (MLB) on hiPSC-CMs during myocardial repair using a myocardial infarction (MI) mouse model. METHODS In C57BL/6 mice, MI was surgically induced by ligating the left anterior descending coronary artery. The mice were randomly divided into five groups (n = 10 per group); a MI group (treated with phosphate-buffered saline only), a hiPSC-CMs group, a MLB group, a hiPSC-CMs + MLB group, and a Sham operation group. Cardiac function and MLB therapeutic efficacy were evaluated by echocardiography and histochemical staining 4 weeks after surgery. To identify the associated mechanism, nuclear factor (NF)-κB p65 and intercellular cell adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM1) signals, cell adhesion ability, generation of reactive oxygen species, and rates of apoptosis were detected in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and hiPSC-CMs. RESULTS After 4 weeks of transplantation, the number of cells that engrafted in the hiPSC-CMs + MLB group was about five times higher than those in the hiPSC-CMs group. Additionally, MLB treatment significantly reduced tohoku hospital pediatrics-1 (THP-1) cell adhesion, ICAM1 expression, NF-κB nuclear translocation, reactive oxygen species production, NF-κB p65 phosphorylation, and cell apoptosis in HUVECs cultured under hypoxia. Similarly, treatment with MLB significantly inhibited the apoptosis of hiPSC-CMs via enhancing signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) phosphorylation and B-cell lymphoma-2 (BCL2) expression, promoting STAT3 nuclear translocation, and downregulating BCL2-Associated X, dual specificity phosphatase 2 (DUSP2), and cleaved-caspase-3 expression under hypoxia. Furthermore, MLB significantly suppressed the production of malondialdehyde and lactate dehydrogenase and the reduction in glutathione content induced by hypoxia in both HUVECs and hiPSC-CMs in vitro. CONCLUSIONS MLB significantly enhanced the potential of hiPSC-CMs in repairing injured myocardium by improving endothelial cell function via the NF-κB/ICAM1 pathway and inhibiting hiPSC-CMs apoptosis via the DUSP2/STAT3 pathway.
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- Chengming Fan
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China
- Department of Pharmacology, Xiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410078, China
- Hunan Fangsheng Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Changsha, Hunan 410000, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 41000, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Xiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410078, China
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- Hunan Fangsheng Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Changsha, Hunan 410000, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 41000, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China
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Cao Y, Yan J, Dong Z, Wang J, Jiang X, Cui T, Huang Y, Liu H. Adipose-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells are Ideal for the Cell-based Treatment of Refractory Wounds: Strong Potential for Angiogenesis. Stem Cell Rev Rep 2024; 20:313-328. [PMID: 37874529 DOI: 10.1007/s12015-023-10641-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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Although Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs)-based therapy has been proposed as a promising strategy for the treatment of chronic lower-extremity ulcers, their optimal sources, amounts, and delivery methods are urgently needed to be determined. In this study, we compared the heterogeneity of the human MSCs derived from bone marrow (BMSCs), umbilical cord (UCMSCs), and adipose tissue (ADSCs) in accelerating wound healing and promoting angiogenesis and explored the underlying mechanism. Briefly, a diabetic rat model with a full-thickness cutaneous wound on the dorsal foot was developed. The wound was topically administered with three types of MSCs. Additionally, we carried out in vitro and in vivo analysis of the angiogenic properties of the MSCs. Moreover, the molecular mechanism of the heterogeneity of the MSCs derived from the three tissues was explored by transcriptome sequencing. When compared with the BMSCs- and UCMSCs-treated groups, the ADSCs-treated group exhibited markedly accelerated healing efficiency, characterized by increased wound closure rates, enhanced angiogenesis, and collagen deposition at the wound site. The three types of MSCs formed three-dimensional capillary-like structures and promoted angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo, with ADSCs exhibiting the highest capacity for tube formation and pro-angiogenesis. Furthermore, transcriptome sequencing revealed that ADSCs had higher expression levels of angiogenesis-associated genes. Our findings indicate that MSCs-based therapy accelerates the healing of ischemia- and diabetes-induced lower-extremity ulcers and that adipose tissue-derived MSCs might be ideal for therapeutic angiogenesis and treatment of chronic ischemic wounds.
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- Yingxuan Cao
- Department of Plastic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510630, People's Republic of China
- Innovative Technology Research Institute of Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou, 510630, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510630, People's Republic of China
- Innovative Technology Research Institute of Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou, 510630, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510630, People's Republic of China
- Innovative Technology Research Institute of Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou, 510630, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, 528000, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510630, People's Republic of China
- Innovative Technology Research Institute of Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou, 510630, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA.
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- Department of Wound Repair, Institute of Wound Repair and Regeneration Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology Hospital, Southern University of Science and Technology School of Medicine, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510630, People's Republic of China.
- Innovative Technology Research Institute of Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou, 510630, People's Republic of China.
- Key Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, 510632, People's Republic of China.
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Ai X, Yu P, Peng L, Luo L, Liu J, Li S, Lai X, Luan F, Meng X. Berberine: A Review of its Pharmacokinetics Properties and Therapeutic Potentials in Diverse Vascular Diseases. Front Pharmacol 2022; 12:762654. [PMID: 35370628 PMCID: PMC8964367 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.762654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Traditional Chinese medicine plays a significant role in the treatment of various diseases and has attracted increasing attention for clinical applications. Vascular diseases affecting vasculature in the heart, cerebrovascular disease, atherosclerosis, and diabetic complications have compromised quality of life for affected individuals and increase the burden on health care services. Berberine, a naturally occurring isoquinoline alkaloid form Rhizoma coptidis, is widely used in China as a folk medicine for its antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. Promisingly, an increasing number of studies have identified several cellular and molecular targets for berberine, indicating its potential as an alternative therapeutic strategy for vascular diseases, as well as providing novel evidence that supports the therapeutic potential of berberine to combat vascular diseases. The purpose of this review is to comprehensively and systematically describe the evidence for berberine as a therapeutic agent in vascular diseases, including its pharmacological effects, molecular mechanisms, and pharmacokinetics. According to data published so far, berberine shows remarkable anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiapoptotic, and antiautophagic activity via the regulation of multiple signaling pathways, including AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), nuclear factor κB (NF-κB), mitogen-activated protein kinase silent information regulator 1 (SIRT-1), hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α), vascular endothelial growth factor phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), protein kinase B (Akt), janus kinase 2 (JAK-2), Ca2+ channels, and endoplasmic reticulum stress. Moreover, we discuss the existing limitations of berberine in the treatment of vascular diseases, and give corresponding measures. In addition, we propose some research perspectives and challenges, and provide a solid evidence base from which further studies can excavate novel effective drugs from Chinese medicine monomers.
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- Xiaopeng Ai
- School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.,Department of Pharmacy, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- School of Ethnic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.,School of Ethnic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.,Innovative Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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Signaling pathways and targeted therapy for myocardial infarction. Signal Transduct Target Ther 2022; 7:78. [PMID: 35273164 PMCID: PMC8913803 DOI: 10.1038/s41392-022-00925-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 209] [Impact Index Per Article: 104.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2021] [Revised: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Although the treatment of myocardial infarction (MI) has improved considerably, it is still a worldwide disease with high morbidity and high mortality. Whilst there is still a long way to go for discovering ideal treatments, therapeutic strategies committed to cardioprotection and cardiac repair following cardiac ischemia are emerging. Evidence of pathological characteristics in MI illustrates cell signaling pathways that participate in the survival, proliferation, apoptosis, autophagy of cardiomyocytes, endothelial cells, fibroblasts, monocytes, and stem cells. These signaling pathways include the key players in inflammation response, e.g., NLRP3/caspase-1 and TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB; the crucial mediators in oxidative stress and apoptosis, for instance, Notch, Hippo/YAP, RhoA/ROCK, Nrf2/HO-1, and Sonic hedgehog; the controller of myocardial fibrosis such as TGF-β/SMADs and Wnt/β-catenin; and the main regulator of angiogenesis, PI3K/Akt, MAPK, JAK/STAT, Sonic hedgehog, etc. Since signaling pathways play an important role in administering the process of MI, aiming at targeting these aberrant signaling pathways and improving the pathological manifestations in MI is indispensable and promising. Hence, drug therapy, gene therapy, protein therapy, cell therapy, and exosome therapy have been emerging and are known as novel therapies. In this review, we summarize the therapeutic strategies for MI by regulating these associated pathways, which contribute to inhibiting cardiomyocytes death, attenuating inflammation, enhancing angiogenesis, etc. so as to repair and re-functionalize damaged hearts.
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