Cardiac c-Kit biology revealed by inducible transgenesis

Circulation Research

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 57-72

  Gude, Natalie A ^a   Firouzi, Fareheh ^a   Broughton, Kathleen M ^a   Ilves, Kelli ^a   Nguyen, Kristine P ^a   Payne, Christina R ^a   Sacchi, Veronica ^a   Monsanto, Megan M ^a   Casillas, Alexandria R ^a   Khalafalla, Farid G ^a   Wang, Bingyan J ^a   Ebeid, David E ^a   Alvarez, Roberto ^a   Dembitsky, Walter P ^c,d   Bailey, Barbara A ^b   Van Berlo, Jop ^e   Sussman, Mark A ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SDSU Department of Mathematics and Statistics   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

C Kit protein; cardiac; Myocardium; Myocytes; Signal transduction; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HISTONE H2B; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR; EGFR PROTEIN, HUMAN; EGFR PROTEIN, MOUSE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CARDIAC MUSCLE CELL; CARDIAC STEM CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENICS; UPREGULATION; VALIDITY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; ERBB RECEPTORS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 85050132415     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.117.311828     Document Type: Article

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