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Editorial
. 2012 Apr 27;110(9):1154-6.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.112.269183.

Enhancing the potential of cardiac progenitor cells: pushing forward with Pim-1

Dominic P Del Re, Junichi Sadoshima
Editorial

Enhancing the potential of cardiac progenitor cells: pushing forward with Pim-1

Dominic P Del Re et al. Circ Res. .
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A schematic summary of the current findings by Sundararaman et al. Briefly, increased Pim-1 expression in CPCs promotes asymmetrical chromosome segregation, which may explain why Pim-1 can enhance CPC proliferation, selfrenewal and differentiation.
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