Journal of Cell Science & Therapy

Journal of Cell Science & Therapy
Open Access

ISSN: 2157-7013

Research Article - (2014) Volume 5, Issue 1

Cardiomyocyte-specific Estrogen Receptor Alpha Increases Angiogenesis,Lymphangiogenesis and Reduces Fibrosis in the Female Mouse Heart Post-Myocardial Infarction

Shokoufeh Mahmoodzadeh1*#, Joachim Leber1#, Xiang Zhang1,2, Frédéric Jaisser3, Smail Messaoudi3, Ingo Morano4, Priscilla A Furth5, Elke Dworatzek1 and Vera Regitz- Zagrosek1
1Institute of Gender in Medicine and Center for Cardiovascular Research, Charité Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
2Department of Cardiology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
3Inserm, U872, Paris, China
4Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
5Departments of Oncology and Medicine and the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
#Contributed equally to this work
*Corresponding Author: Shokoufeh Mahmoodzadeh, Institute of Gender in Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Hessische Str. 3-4, 10115 Berlin, Germany, Tel: +49 (0)30 450 525 287, Fax: +49 (0)30 450 525 943 Email:

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