Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Dusp6 deficiency attenuates neutrophil-mediated cardiac damage in the acute inflammatory phase of myocardial infarction

  • Xiaohai Zhou,
  • Chenyang Zhang,
  • Xueying Wu,
  • Xinli Hu,
  • Yan Zhang,
  • Xuelian Wang,
  • Lixia Zheng,
  • Peng Gao,
  • Jianyong Du,
  • Wen Zheng,
  • Haibao Shang,
  • Keping Hu,
  • Zhengfan Jiang,
  • Yu Nie,
  • Shengshou Hu,
  • Rui-Ping Xiao,
  • Xiaojun Zhu,
  • Jing-Wei Xiong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33631-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Dusp6, an ERK specific phosphatase, was identified as a regenerative repressor during zebrafish heart regeneration. Here, the authors show that Dusp6 deficiency improves post infarctional cardiac repair by predominantly attenuating neutrophil-mediated myocardial damage in mammalian hearts.