title: Reprogramming for cardiac regeneration.
abstract: Treatment of cardiovascular diseases remains challenging considering the limited regeneration capacity of the heart muscle. Developments of reprogramming strategies to create in vitro and in vivo cardiomyocytes have been the focus point of a considerable amount of research in the past decades. The choice of cells to employ, the state-of-the-art methods for different reprogramming strategies, and their promises and future challenges before clinical entry, are all discussed here.
authors.affiliation: Qatar Cardiovascular Research Center, Qatar Foundation-Education City, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Christophe Michel
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Raynaud
authors.forename: Faizzan Syed
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.affiliation: Aswan Heart Center, Magdi Yacoub Foundation, Aswan, Egypt.
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Allouba
authors.affiliation: Qatar Cardiovascular Research Center, Qatar Foundation-Education City, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Haissam
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abou-Saleh
authors.affiliation: Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA.
authors.forename: Kathy O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Lui
authors.forename: Magdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yacoub