Protein May Prevent Damage After Heart Attack | WSJ | 11.26.04
In a potential alternative to stem-cell therapy, researchers said a protein found to be important in prenatal formation of the heart shows promise as a treatment to prevent damage caused by heart attacks. …
“If it works in humans, it will be very useful for protecting the heart after a heart attack,” said Deepak Srivastava, professor of molecular biology and pediatrics at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas. He is senior author of a paper on the experiments, which appears in the current issue of the journal Nature. …
Thymosin β4 activates integrin-linked kinase and promotes cardiac cell migration, survival and cardiac repair | Nature | 11.25.04
…These findings suggest that thymosin β4 promotes cardiomyocyte migration, survival and repair and the pathway it regulates may be a new therapeutic target in the setting of acute myocardial damage.
The thymus, other than being that very large radiographic shadow on pediatric x-rays, it’s nice to see another potential clinical application for thymosin—beyond the thymus’s gustatory application…
