Genetic modification of stem cells for improved therapy of the infarcted myocardium

Molecular Pharmaceutics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1446-1457

  Haider, Husnain Kh ^a   Mustafa, Anique ^a   Feng, Yuliang ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

angiomyogenesis; gene therapy; heart; stem cells

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA MODIFICATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE REGENERATION; TRANSGENICS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HEART; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; REGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSGENES;

EID: 80053475375     PISSN: 15438384     EISSN: 15438392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/mp2001318     Document Type: Review

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