Human pluripotent stem cell-based approaches for myocardial repair: From the electrophysiological perspective

Molecular Pharmaceutics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1495-1504

  Poon, Ellen ^a   Kong, Chi Wing ^a   Li, Ronald A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiomyocytes; electrophysiology; heart; human embryonic stem cells; induced pluripotent stem cells

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; MICRORNA;

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HEART; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; MICRORNAS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; REGENERATION; SINOATRIAL NODE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 80053466698     PISSN: 15438384     EISSN: 15438392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/mp2002363     Document Type: Review

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