abstract |
Provided herein, inter alia , are compositions and kits comprising epi cardial-derived paracrine factors (such as, hypoglycosylated folli statin-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. |