Stem cells for skeletal muscle regeneration: Therapeutic potential and roadblocks

Translational Research

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 409-417

  Rinaldi, Fabrizio ^a   Perlingeiro, Rita C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT STEM CELL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; MESOANGIOBLAST; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SATELLITE CELL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; REGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84897524479     PISSN: 19315244     EISSN: 18781810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2013.11.006     Document Type: Review

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