Cardiac side population cells: Moving toward the center Stage in cardiac regeneration

Circulation Research

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1355-1363

  Unno, Kazumasa ^a   Jain, Mohit ^a   Liao, Ronglih ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

adult stem cells; cardiac progenitor cells; cardiogenesis; cardiovascular isease; regeneration

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; REGENERATION; SIDE-POPULATION CELLS;

EID: 84861054600     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.111.243014     Document Type: Review

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