Most of the Dust Has Settled: CKit+ Progenitor Cells Are an Irrelevant Source of Cardiac Myocytes in Vivo

Circulation Research

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 17-19

  Van Berlo, Jop H ^a   Molkentin, Jeffery D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; CARDIAC MUSCLE CELL; HEART; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; HEART; HUMANS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; REGENERATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84954545083     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.115.307934     Document Type: Article

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