Heart tissue sections (IMAGE)

Nagoya University

Heart tissue sections — Caption

Heart tissue sections stained with Picrosirius red, which highlights collagen in red, 28 days after sham surgery (left) or a heart attack (right). Following a heart attack, mice lacking BCAT1 (bottom row) show less collagen deposition than normal mice (top row), indicating that BCAT1 contributes to cardiac fibrosis after injury.

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Adapted from Takizawa et al., Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2026 (Figure 8E, histology panels only). CC BY 4.0.

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