The significance of using zebrafish as a model for heart regeneration.

Visualization of heart regeneration in adult zebrafish. After injury the heart activated factors, such as epicardial IGF, able to activate the Ras/MAPK pathway. These activated epicardial cells drive cardiomyocyte regeneration after injury and are essential for cardiomyocyte proliferation in heart regeneration.

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