Cardiac stem cells: translation to human studies

Biophysical Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 127-139

  Ge, Zijun ^a,c   Lal, Sean ^a,c,e   Le, Thi Y L ^b,d   dos Remedios, Cris ^a   Chong, James J H ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac progenitor cells; Cardiac stem cells; Cryopreservation; Human cardiac tissue

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTEGRIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD38 ANTIGEN; ENDOGLIN; HERMES ANTIGEN; ISLET 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; STEM CELL ANTIGEN 1; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CARDIAC STEM CELL; CARDIOSPHERES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL REGENERATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; EPICARDIUM; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ISL 1+ CELL; NONHUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCA 1+ CELL; SIDE POPULATION CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84922475548     PISSN: 18672450     EISSN: 18672469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12551-014-0148-0     Document Type: Article

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