Functional cardiomyocytes derived from Isl1 cardiac progenitors via Bmp4 stimulation.

As heart failure due to myocardial infarction remains a leading cause of morbidity worldwide, cell-based cardiac regenerative therapy using cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs) could provide a potential treatment for the repair of injured myocardium. As adult CPCs may have limitations regarding tissue ac...

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Main Authors: Esra Cagavi, Oscar Bartulos, Carol Y Suh, Baonan Sun, Zhichao Yue, Zhengxin Jiang, Lixia Yue, Yibing Qyang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4270687?pdf=render