Nature Communications (Mar 2017)

Activation of E-prostanoid 3 receptor in macrophages facilitates cardiac healing after myocardial infarction

  • Juan Tang,
  • Yujun Shen,
  • Guilin Chen,
  • Qiangyou Wan,
  • Kai Wang,
  • Jian Zhang,
  • Jing Qin,
  • Guizhu Liu,
  • Shengkai Zuo,
  • Bo Tao,
  • Yu Yu,
  • Junwen Wang,
  • Michael Lazarus,
  • Ying Yu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14656
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) triggers sterile inflammatory reaction mediated by prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). Tang et al. show that the PGE2 via its receptor EP3 promotes cardiac healing after AMI by recruiting reparative Ly6Clowmonocytes/macrophages, which is mediated by TGF-β-driven regulation of CX3CR1 expression and VEGF secretion.