Communications Between Macrophages and Cardiomyocytes

Overview

Journal Cell Commun Signal

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialties Biochemistry
Cell Biology

Date 2023 Aug 16

PMID 37587464

Authors

Pengbo Yang

Ziwei Chen

Wei Huang

Junhua Zhang

Lihui Zou

Haiyan Wang

Affiliations

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Abstract

The heart is a muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body and is one of the most vital organs in human body. While cardiomyocytes are essential for maintaining the normal function of the heart, a variety of cardiovascular diseases such as coronary artery occlusion, arrhythmia, and myocarditis can lead to cardiomyocyte death, resulting in deterioration of heart function. The adult mammalian heart is incapable of regenerating sufficient cardiomyocytes following cardiac injuries, eventually leading to heart failure and death. Cardiac macrophages are ubiquitously distributed in the healthy heart and accumulated at the site of injury. Macrophages play essential roles in regulating homeostasis and proliferation of cardiomyocyte, promoting electrical conduction, and removing dead cardiomyocytes and debris through direct and indirect cell-cell crosstalk. In this review, we summarize the latest insights into the role of macrophages in maintaining cardiac homeostasis and the macrophage-cardiomyocyte crosstalk in both healthy and injured scenarios. Video Abstract.

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