Telocytes as supporting cells for myocardial tissue organization in developing and adult heart

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2531-2538

  Bani, Daniele ^a   Formigli, Lucia ^a   Gherghiceanu, Mihaela ^b   Faussone Pellegrini, Maria Simonetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b VICTOR BABES NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Cardiac stromal cells; Cardiomyocytes; Interstitial Cajal like cells; Mouse; Myocardial development; Telocytes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; MOUSE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REGENERATION; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; STROMA CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; HEART; INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; MICE; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PREGNANCY; REGENERATION; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 77958538113     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2010.01119.x     Document Type: Article

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