Studies assessing cardiac myocyte renewal and myocardial repair in the adult mammalian myocardium

The initial aims of this thesis were to investigate whether the myocardium contains resident progenitor cells that contribute to myocardial renewal and whether extra-cardiac bone marrow derived cells contribute to myocardial regeneration. I reveal that the myocardium has the capacity to produce humo...

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Main Author: Shenje, Lincoln Takura
Published: University of Leicester 2007
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.495476