Infarcted Myocardium Calls for T-Cell Help to Regulate Repair

HomeCirculation ResearchVol. 132, No. 5Infarcted Myocardium Calls for T-Cell Help to Regulate Repair No AccessEditorialRequest AccessFull TextAboutView Full TextView PDFView EPUBSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationsTrack citationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyReddit Jump toNo AccessEditorialRequest AccessFull TextInfarcted Myocardium Calls for T-Cell Help to Regulate Repair Xudong Li and Pilar Alcaide Xudong LiXudong Li Department of Immunology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA. Search for more papers by this author and Pilar AlcaidePilar Alcaide Correspondence to: Pilar Alcaide, PhD, Department of Immunology, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Ave, M&V 701, Boston, MA 02111. Email E-mail Address: [email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3013-3982 Department of Immunology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA. Search for more papers by this author Originally published2 Mar 2023https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.123.322556Circulation Research. 2023;132:583–585This article is a commentary on the followingMyocardial Milieu Favors Local Differentiation of Regulatory T Cellsis related toIn this IssueFootnotesFor Sources of Funding and Disclosures, see page 585.The opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those of the editors or of the American Heart Association.Correspondence to: Pilar Alcaide, PhD, Department of Immunology, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Ave, M&V 701, Boston, MA 02111. Email pilar.[email protected]eduReferences1. Prabhu SD, Frangogiannis NG. The biological basis for cardiac repair after myocardial infarction: from inflammation to fibrosis.Circ Res. 2016; 119:91–112. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.116.303577LinkGoogle Scholar2. Gagliani N, Amezcua Vesely MC, Iseppon A, Brockmann L, Xu H, Palm NW, de Zoete MR, Licona-Limon P, Paiva RS, Ching T, et al. 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