A heart full of stem cells: The spectrum of myocardial progenitor cells in the postnatal heart

Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 215-229

  Stamm, Christof ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a   Choi, Yeong Hoon ^a   Nasseri, Boris ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heart disease; Progenitor cell; Regeneration; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ 1; BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLIN A2; CYCLIN D2; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 4; STEM CELL ANTIGEN 1; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; TROPONIN I;

CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CYTOKINESIS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPICARDIUM; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; MITOSIS; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIUM; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; REGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 67449122412     PISSN: 17539447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753944709336190     Document Type: Review

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