Heart to Heal: Unveiling Follistatin's Potential for Myocardial Regeneration

Alessia Costa¹, Christian Bär^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, Hannover Medical School, Germany (A.C., C.B.).
² Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, Hannover, Germany (C.B.).
³ Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Immune-Mediated Diseases, Hannover, Germany (C.B.).

Editorial

Alessia Costa et al. Circ Res. 2025.

. 2025 Jan 17;136(2):177-179.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.124.325939. Epub 2025 Jan 16.

Alessia Costa¹, Christian Bär^{1

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¹ Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, Hannover Medical School, Germany (A.C., C.B.).
² Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, Hannover, Germany (C.B.).
³ Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Immune-Mediated Diseases, Hannover, Germany (C.B.).

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; cell proliferation; heart failure; myocardial infarction; regeneration.

Conflict of interest statement

None.

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