SHOX2 overexpression favors differentiation of embryonic stem cells into cardiac pacemaker cells, improving biological pacing ability

Stem Cell Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 129-142

  Ionta, Vittoria ^a,b   Liang, Wenbin ^a   Kim, Elizabeth H ^a   Rafie, Reza ^a   Giacomello, Alessandro ^b   Marbán, Eduardo ^a   Cho, Hee Cheol ^a,c  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SHOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; SHOX2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; HEART AUTOMATICITY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART PACING; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINUS NODE; UPREGULATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; CARDIAC MUSCLE CELL; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYOID BODY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; REPORTER GENE; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYOID BODIES; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPERPOLARIZATION-ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CHANNELS; MICE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; SINOATRIAL NODE; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84920928514     PISSN: 22136711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2014.11.004     Document Type: Article

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