Developmental changes in cardiomyocytes differentiated from human embryonic stem cells: A molecular and electrophysiological approach

Stem Cells

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1136-1144

  Sartiani, Laura ^a   Bettiol, Esther ^b   Stillitano, Francesca ^a   Mugelli, Alessandro ^a   Cerbai, Elisabetta ^a   Jaconi, Marisa E ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c Centre Médical Universitaire   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiac differentiation; Embryonic stem cells; Ion channel subunits; Ion current; Maturation; Multicellular recordings

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DIASTOLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34247580093     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2006-0466     Document Type: Article

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