Cardiomyocyte clusters derived from human embryonic stem cells share similarities with human heart tissue

Journal of Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 276-283

  Asp, Julia ^a   Steel, Daniella ^b   Jonsson, Marianne ^a   Améen, Caroline ^b   Dahlenborg, Kerstin ^b   Jeppsson, Anders ^c,d   Lindahl, Anders ^a   Sartipy, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Cellartis AB   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEART; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

AGED; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HEART; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 79951496281     PISSN: 16742788     EISSN: 17594685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmcb/mjq022     Document Type: Article

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