Getting to the heart of cardiovascular evolution in humans

Alex Pollen; Bryan J Pavlovic

doi:10.7554/eLife.47807

eLife (May 2019)

Getting to the heart of cardiovascular evolution in humans

Alex Pollen,
Bryan J Pavlovic

Affiliations

Alex Pollen: ORCiD; Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States; The Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
Bryan J Pavlovic: ORCiD; Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States; The Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.47807
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8

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Differences in the response of cardiomyocytes to oxygen deprivation in humans and chimpanzees may explain why humans are more prone to certain heart diseases.

Published in eLife

ISSN: 2050-084X (Online)
Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine; Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://elifesciences.org

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