Molecular basis of functional myogenic specification of Bona Fide multipotent adult cardiac stem cells

Cell Cycle

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 927-946

  Cianflone, Eleonora ^a   Aquila, Iolanda ^a   Scalise, Mariangela ^a   Marotta, Pina ^a   Torella, Michele ^b   Nadal Ginard, Bernardo ^a   Torella, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

cardiac regeneration; Cardiac stem cells; myogenic differentiation

Indexed keywords

MORPHOGEN;

CARDIAC MUSCLE CELL; CARDIAC STEM CELL; CELL CYCLE; CELL REGENERATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C KIT; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; ADULT STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CYTOLOGY; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; HUMANS; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOCARDIUM; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 85051579183     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2018.1464852     Document Type: Review

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