Ventricular myocytes are not terminally differentiated in the adult mammalian heart

Circulation Research

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-14

  Anversa, Piero ^a   Kajstura, Jan ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Cell death; Cell proliferation; Insulin like growth factor 1

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C;

AGING; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; DNA REPLICATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032514228     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.83.1.1     Document Type: Review

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