Mesenchymal stem cells transfected with HCN2 genes by LentiV can be modified to be cardiac pacemaker cells

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1093-1097

  Zhou, Ya Feng ^a   Yang, Xiang Jun ^a   Li, Hong Xia ^a   Han, Lian Huan ^a   Jiang, Wen Ping ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; PROTEIN HCN2; PROTEIN S 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IN VITRO STUDY; LENTIVIRINAE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINUS NODE; TRANSGENE; VIRUS GENE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GENETIC VECTORS; ION CHANNELS; LENTIVIRUS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RABBITS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34548704769     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.02.032     Document Type: Article

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