Gap junctional coupling with cardiomyocytes is necessary but not sufficient for cardiomyogenic differentiation of cocultured human mesenchymal stem cells

Stem Cells

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1236-1245

  Ramkisoensing, Arti A ^a   Pijnappels, Daniël A ^a   Swildens, Jim ^a   Goumans, Marie José ^a   Fibbe, Willem E ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a   De Vries, Antoine A F ^a   Atsma, Douwe E ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiomyocyte; Cardiomyogenic differentiation; Connexin; Gap junction; Mesenchymal stem cell

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; CONNEXIN 43;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AMNION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS MEMBRANE; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CONNEXIN 43; DOWN-REGULATION; FETAL STEM CELLS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RATS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84861846361     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.1086     Document Type: Article

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