Human embryonic stem cells for myocardial regeneration

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-236

  Kehat, Izhak ^a   Gepstein, Lior ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cardiomyocyte differentiation; Cell therapy; Myocardial regeneration; Stem cells; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINE; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL GENETICS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DRUG RESEARCH; EMBRYO CELL; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; PURIFICATION; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REPAIR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; HEART; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; REGENERATION; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE THERAPY;

EID: 0042063706     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024709332039     Document Type: Review

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