Myocardial NF-κB Activation Is Essential for Zebrafish Heart Regeneration

October 2015 in “ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ”

Ravi Karra, Anne K. Knecht, Kazu Kikuchi, Kenneth D. Poss

Studysummary This study found that NF-κB signaling may connect injury response to regenerative processes in zebrafish hearts, potentially aiding the development of cardiac regenerative therapies in humans.

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