Human cardiovascular progenitor cells develop from a KDR+ embryonic-stem-cell-derived population

Nature

Volumn 453, Issue 7194, 2008, Pages 524-528

  Yang, Lei ^a   Soonpaa, Mark H ^b   Adler, Eric D ^a   Roepke, Torsten K ^c   Kattman, Steven J ^d   Kennedy, Marion ^d   Henckaerts, Els ^e   Bonham, Kristina ^f   Abbott, Geoffrey W ^c   Linden, R Michael ^a,e   Field, Loren J ^b   Keller, Gordon M ^a,d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f VistaGen Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELLULOSE; DILUTION; EMBRYO; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOMINID; MUSCLE; PROTEIN; RODENT; SERUM;

ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

EID: 44349175948     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06894     Document Type: Article

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