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. 2015 Dec 16;10(12):e0143274. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143274

Fig 1. Rationale for mapping the cardiac fibroblast.

Fig 1

(A) Relationship between cardiac fibroblast and other cell types. (B) Yearly publication in PubMed database related to the cardiac fibroblast. Both cardiac fibroblasts and fibroblasts from other sources (such as that from the tail) have been recently demonstrated to be capable of being reprogrammed to an induced cardiomyocyte-like state [8]. Question mark indicates further research is needed to fully understand both the reprogramming mechanisms and the cardiomyocyte identity.