Editorial: The 'hearty' fat: Adipocytes as a source of functional cardiomyocytes

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-2

  Barbuti, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL THERAPY; EDITORIAL; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TISSUE REPAIR; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MOUSE; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NOTE; STROMA CELL;

ADIPOCYTES; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MICE; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 72049119651     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvp358     Document Type: Editorial

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