The epicardium as a candidate for heart regeneration

Future Cardiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-69

  Smart, Nicola ^a   Riley, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiac development; EPDCs; epicardial signaling; epicardium; injury signaling; myocardial regeneration; neovascularization; thymosin 4

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN; BETA CATENIN; ENDOCRINE GLAND DERIVED VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; RETINOIC ACID; THYMOSIN BETA4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN B; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN D; WNT PROTEIN; WT1 PROTEIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOGENESIS; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DISEASE COURSE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPICARDIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STEM CELL; TISSUE REGENERATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; ZEBRA FISH;

CORONARY VESSELS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PERICARDIUM; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; THYMOSIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84555190764     PISSN: 14796678     EISSN: 17448298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fca.11.87     Document Type: Review

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