In Vitro and In Vivo Cardiomyogenic Differentiation of Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells

Stem Cell Reviews and Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 364-380

  Bollini, Sveva ^a,b   Pozzobon, Michela ^a   Nobles, Muriel ^b   Riegler, Johannes ^b,c   Dong, Xuebin ^c   Piccoli, Martina ^a   Chiavegato, Angela ^d   Price, Anthony N ^c   Ghionzoli, Marco ^b   Cheung, King K ^c   Cabrelle, Anna ^a   O'Mahoney, Paul R ^b   Cozzi, Emanuele ^d   Sartore, Saverio ^d   Tinker, Andrew ^b   Lythgoe, Mark F ^c   de Coppi, Paolo ^a,b  

^a VENETIAN INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Cardiomyocyte; Cell transplantation; In vitro differentiation; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; TROPONIN I;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAFT REJECTION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TROPONIN I;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79955012379     PISSN: 15508943     EISSN: 15586804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12015-010-9200-z     Document Type: Article

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