Epicardium-to-fat transition in injured heart

Visceral and subcutaneous fat have different origins and evidence supports a mesothelial source

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Re-Activated Adult Epicardial Progenitor Cells Are a Heterogeneous Population Molecularly Distinct from Their Embryonic Counterparts

(2014) Sveva Bollini et al.   STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT

Reprogramming toward Heart Regeneration: Stem Cells and Beyond

(2013) Aitor Aguirre et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Modified mRNA directs the fate of heart progenitor cells and induces vascular regeneration after myocardial infarction

(2013) Lior Zangi et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Changes in lipid transport-involved proteins of epicardial adipose tissue associated with coronary artery disease

(2012) Antonio Salgado-Somoza et al.   ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Distinct Compartments of the Proepicardial Organ Give Rise to Coronary Vascular Endothelial Cells

(2012) Tamar C. Katz et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Adult mouse epicardium modulates myocardial injury by secreting paracrine factors

(2011) Bin Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

De novo cardiomyocytes from within the activated adult heart after injury

(2011) Nicola Smart et al.   NATURE

Epicardial progenitors contribute to the cardiomyocyte lineage in the developing heart

(2008) Bin Zhou et al.   NATURE

A myocardial lineage derives from Tbx18 epicardial cells

(2008) Chen-Leng Cai et al.   NATURE

White Fat Progenitor Cells Reside in the Adipose Vasculature

(2008) W. Tang et al.   SCIENCE