This Review discusses the advances in therapeutic approaches for cardiac repair and regeneration, including cell-based therapies as well as the use of secretory factors, such as microRNAs and exosomes, direct reprogramming strategies, and gene editing to control cardiac remodelling and redirect the adult heart to a regenerative state, and highlights the future prospects of preclinical and clinical trials of heart regeneration.
- Hisayuki Hashimoto
- Eric N. Olson
- Rhonda Bassel-Duby