Induced pluripotent stem cells: At the heart of cardiovascular precision medicine

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 333-349

  Chen, Ian Y ^a   Matsa, Elena ^a   Wu, Joseph C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 2;

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 2 DEFICIENCY; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; CARDIAC MUSCLE CELL; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATECHOLAMINERGIC POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL REPROGRAMMING TECHNIQUE; CHANNELOPATHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIABETIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE 2; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; LONG QT SYNDROME; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGERIA; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENETICS; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR REPROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES; DRUG DISCOVERY; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PRECISION MEDICINE;

EID: 84961391762     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2016.36     Document Type: Review

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