Epithelial-mesenchymal transition of epicardial mesothelium is a source of cardiac CD117-positive stem cells in adult human heart

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 719-727

  Di Meglio, Franca ^a   Castaldo, Clotilde ^a   Nurzynska, Daria ^a   Romano, Veronica ^a   Miraglia, Rita ^a   Bancone, Ciro ^b   Langella, Giuseppina ^a   Vosa, Carlo ^a   Montagnani, Stefania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac regeneration; Cardiac stem cells; CD117 positive cells; Epicardially derived cells; Epicardium; Epithelial mesenchymal transition

Indexed keywords

ALPHA4 INTEGRIN; BETA CATENIN; CYTOKERATIN 5; CYTOKERATIN 6; EPICARDIN; MESSENGER RNA; PODOPLANIN; PROTEIN ZO1; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ADULT STEM CELL; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPICARDIUM; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MYOFIBROBLAST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; ADULT STEM CELLS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PERICARDIUM; PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT;

EID: 77957232737     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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