Are resident c-Kit+ cardiac stem cells really all that are needed to mend a broken heart?

Circulation Research

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1037-1039

  Molkentin, Jeffery D ^a,b   Houser, Steven R ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CRE RECOMBINASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ISOPRENALINE; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

BONE MARROW CELL; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL REGENERATION; DNA REPLICATION; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INJURY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; ADULT STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC;

EID: 84885988436     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.113.302564     Document Type: Review

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