Epicardial-derived cardiac fibroblasts and epithelial cells express paracrine factors, including TGFβ1 and FGFs, which mediate EMT, and contribute to the pathogenesis of myocardial fibrosis, apoptosis, arrhythmias, and cardiac dysfunction in a mouse model of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy.
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