Cardiac stem cell research: An elephant in the room?

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 449-454

  Di Felice, Valentina ^a   De Luca, Angela ^a   Colorito, Maria Luisa ^a   Montalbano, Antonella ^a   Ardizzone, Nella Maria ^a   Macaluso, Filippo ^a   Gammazza, Antonella Marino ^a   Cappello, Francesco ^a   Zummo, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac immature cells; Cell therapy; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ATAXIN 1; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CONNEXIN 43; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; NESTIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE REGENERATION;

EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 65549087682     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20858     Document Type: Article

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