In vitro culture of epicardial cells from adult zebrafish heart on a fibrin matrix

Nature Protocols

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 247-255

  Kim, Jieun ^a   Rubin, Nicole ^a   Huang, Ying ^a   Tuan, Tai Lan ^a,b   Lien, Ching Ling ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPICARDIAL CELL CULTURE; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GEL; HEART CELL CULTURE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHAM PROCEDURE; TISSUE SECTION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CULTURE MEDIA; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FIBRIN; HEART; PERICARDIUM; REGENERATION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84861724154     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2011.440     Document Type: Review

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