The epicardium in cardiac repair: From the stem cell view

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-96

  Limana, Federica ^a   Capogrossi, Maurizio C ^b   Germani, Antonia ^c  

^a CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^b LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^c Fondazione Livio Patrizi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular progenitors; Epicardium; Heart development; Heart repair

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 1; ANGIOPOIETIN 2; ENDOCRINE GLAND DERIVED VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; RETINOIC ACID; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; THYMOSIN BETA4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN B; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN D; VASCULOTROPIN E; WNT PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPICARDIUM; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL;

EID: 78650509943     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2010.09.002     Document Type: Review

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