Oxytocin Contributes to Regenerating Cardiomyocytes
December 20, 2022 | Terry Sharrer

Oxytocin helps regenerate the heart
“Here, we [researchers at Michigan State University] show that oxytocin (OXT), a hypothalamic neuroendocrine peptide, induces epicardial cell proliferation, EMT, and transcriptional activity in a model of human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-derived epicardial cells. In addition, we demonstrate that OXT is produced after cardiac cryoinjury in zebrafish, and that it elicits significant epicardial activation promoting heart regeneration.” MORE
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