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BMP-9 induces proliferation of multiple types of endothelial cells in vitro and in vivo

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Cardiac fibrosis in mice with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is mediated by non-myocyte proliferation and requires Tgf-β

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Genetic Manipulation of Periostin Expression in the Heart Does Not Affect Myocyte Content, Cell Cycle Activity, or Cardiac Repair

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Neuregulin-1 enhances differentiation of cardiomyocytes from embryonic stem cells

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Cardiac Plasticity

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Physiological myocardial hypertrophy: how and why?

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