title: Heartbreak hotel: a convergence in cardiac regeneration.
abstract: In February 2016, The Company of Biologists hosted an intimate gathering of leading international researchers at the forefront of experimental cardiovascular regeneration, with its emphasis on 'Transdifferentiation and Tissue Plasticity in Cardiovascular Rejuvenation'. As I review here, participants at the workshop revealed how understanding cardiac growth and lineage decisions at their most fundamental level has transformed the strategies in hand that presently energize the prospects for human heart repair.
authors.affiliation: British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London W14 8DZ, UK m.d.schneider@imperial.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-9645-1938
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Schneider
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D054338:Cell Transdifferentiation; D064987:Cell- and Tissue-Based Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006321:Heart / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D042583:Lymphangiogenesis / Q000502:physiology; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000166:cytology; D012038:Regeneration / Q000502:physiology*; D044968:Regenerative Medicine; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology
keywords: Cardiomyocyte; Heart; Regenerative medicine; Stem cells