Regenerating functional heart tissue for myocardial repair

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 2635-2656

  Alcon, Andre ^a   Cagavi Bozkulak, Esra ^a   Qyang, Yibing ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac tissue; Heart regeneration; Heart repair; Heart tissue; Myocardial repair; Tissue engineering; Tissue regeneration

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CHITOSAN; MATRIGEL; POLYMER; STEM CELL ANTIGEN 1; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5;

CARDIOMYOPLASTY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART SURGERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; HEART; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; REGENERATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84864290586     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-0942-4     Document Type: Review

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