Cell-to-cell connection of endothelial progenitor cells with cardiac myocytes by nanotubes: A novel mechanism for cell fate changes?

Circulation Research

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1039-1041

  Koyanagi, Masamichi ^a   Brandes, Ralf P ^a   Haendeler, Judith ^a   Zeiher, Andreas M ^a   Dimmeler, Stefanie ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac myocytes; Fusion; Progenitor cells

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; NANOTUBE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL FUSION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL TRANSPORT; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HEART MUSCLE; HYBRID CELL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE REGENERATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUSION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RATS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 20344381347     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000168650.23479.0c     Document Type: Article

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