A mechanistic roadmap for the clinical application of cardiac cell therapies

Nature Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 353-361

  Marbán, Eduardo ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CELLS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEART; RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

CELL PRODUCTS; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICES; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRANSLATION; HEART FAILURE; TARGET INDICATION; THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY;

CYTOLOGY;

ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BONE MARROW CELL; CARDIAC MUSCLE CELL; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EXOSOME; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

EID: 85048364589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2157846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41551-018-0216-z     Document Type: Review

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