Cardiomyocyte precursors and telocytes in epicardial stem cell niche: Electron microscope images

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 871-877

  Gherghiceanu, Mihaela ^a   Popescu, L M ^a,b  

^a VICTOR BABES NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Romania)

^b CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Cardiac renewal; Cardiac stem cell niche; Cardiac stem cells; Cardiomyocytes progenitors; Epicardium; Regenerative medicine; Telocytes

Indexed keywords

TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PERICARDIUM; STAINING; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PERICARDIUM; STAINING AND LABELING; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77953943963     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2010.01060.x     Document Type: Article

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