Human stem cells as a model for cardiac differentiation and disease

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 800-813

  Beqqali, A ^a,b   Van Eldik, W ^a   Mummery, C ^a   Passier, R ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiomyocyte; Cardiomyopathies; Channelopathies; Differentiation; Heart; Human embryonic stem cells; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC CHANNELOPATHY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE MODEL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHANNELOPATHY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART; HISTOLOGY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHANNELOPATHIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEART; HUMANS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 63049140103     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-009-8476-0     Document Type: Review

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