A Big Promise From the Very Small. Identification of Circulating Embryonic Stem-Like Pluripotent Cells in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-12

  Losordo, Douglas W ^a   Kishore, Raj ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bone marrow; progenitor cell; regenerative medicine; stem cell

Indexed keywords

KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; MYC PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; EDITORIAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SOMATIC CELL;

EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 57949088190     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.09.028     Document Type: Editorial

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