The Elusive Philosopher's Stone in Young Blood

Circulation Research

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 906-908

  Sun, Haipeng ^a,b   Wang, Yibin ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; Editorials; Gdf11 protein, mouse; hypertrophy; rejuvenation

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 11; GROWTH FACTOR; MYOSTATIN; RECOMBINANT GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 11; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR;

AGING; BLOOD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EDITORIAL; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PARABIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REJUVENATION; SERUM FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CARDIAC MUSCLE CELL; CARDIOMEGALY; DRUG EFFECTS; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; MALE; PATHOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CARDIOMEGALY; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTORS; MALE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84946209289     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.115.307645     Document Type: Editorial

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