Stem cells for tissue engineering of myocardial constructs

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 289-301

  Wu, Kai Hong ^a   Mo, Xu Ming ^a   Liu, Ying Long ^b   Zhang, Yong Sheng ^a   Han, Zhong Chao ^c  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY AND BLOOD DISEASES HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Cell sheet; Myocardial constructs; Myocardial infarction; Stem cells; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

BIOREACTOR; BONE MARROW; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENGRAFTMENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; MUSCLE CELL; MYOBLAST; MYOCARDIAL CONSTRUCT; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; SATELLITE CELL; SHORT SURVEY; STEM CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 36248962639     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2007.08.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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