Abstract:
A method of treating an ischemic heart disease in a subject in need thereof is provided. The method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of Agrin in an anterograde intracoronary manner, thereby treating the ischemic heart disease in the subject.
Abstract:
A method of potentiating cardiac regeneration with neuregulin treatment in a subject in need thereof. The method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutic effective amount of an agent which upregulates activity or expression of ErbB-2, thereby potentiating cardiac regeneration with neuregulin treatment.
Abstract:
A method of inducing multinucleated myotube formation is provided. The method comprising contacting myogenic precursor cells from a farmed animal with an Extracellular Regulated Signaling Kinase (ERK1/2) inhibitor and/or an upregulator of intracellular Ca 2+ and/or RXR/RAR agonists, enhancing fusion and myogenic maturation.