Abstract: Provided herein, inter alia, are compositions and kits comprising epicardial-derived paracrine factors (such as, hypoglycosylated follistatin-like 1 (FSTL1)) for treating and repairing damage to cardiac tissue caused by cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction (MI), other ischemic events, or cardiac-growth deficiency, as well as methods for using the same.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 8, 2016
Date of Patent:
June 16, 2020
Assignees:
Regencor, Inc., Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Inventors:
Pilar Ruiz-Lozano, Mark Mercola, Ke Wei