Localization and origin of cardiac CD117-positive cells: Identification of a population of epicardially-derived cells in adult human heart

Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 71-78

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac regeneration; Cardiac stem cells; Epicardiallyderived cells; Epicardium; Epithelialmesenchymal transition; Ischemic cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ADULT STEM CELL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ADULT STEM CELLS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM; PERICARDIUM; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT;

EID: 78651482281     PISSN: 11226714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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