Post-myocardial infarction fibrosis: Pathophysiology, examination, and intervention

• Main Authors: Xiaoying Yin (Author), Xinxin Yin (Author), Xin Pan (Author), Jingyu Zhang (Author), Xinhui Fan (Author), Jiaxin Li (Author), Xiaoxuan Zhai (Author), Lijun Jiang (Author), Panpan Hao (Author), Jiali Wang (Author), Yuguo Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cardiac fibrosis plays an indispensable role in cardiac tissue homeostasis and repair after myocardial infarction (MI). The cardiac fibroblast-to-myofibroblast differentiation and extracellular matrix collagen deposition are the hallmarks of cardiac fibrosis, which are modulated by multiple signalin...