Regeneration of heart muscle tissue: Quantification of chimeric cardiomyocytes and endothelial cells following transplantation

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 201-209

  Thiele, Juergen ^a   Varus, E ^a   Wickenhauser, C ^a   Kvasnicka, H M ^a   Metz, K A ^b   Beelen, D W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiomyocytes; Endothelial cells; Mixed chimerism; Quantification; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; AUTOPSY; BONE MARROW CELL; CADAVER; CHIMERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOTYPE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART INJURY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PLASTICITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TISSUE REGENERATION; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; REGENERATION; TRANSPLANTATION CHIMERA; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 1642474374     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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