Left atrial appendages from adult hearts contain a reservoir of diverse cardiac progenitor cells.

There is strong evidence supporting the claim that endogenous cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs) are key players in cardiac regeneration, but the anatomic source and phenotype of the master cardiac progenitors remains uncertain. Our aim was to investigate the different cardiac stem cell populations in...

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Main Authors: Jussi V Leinonen, Avishag K Emanuelov, Yardanna Platt, Yaron Helman, Yael Feinberg, Chaim Lotan, Ronen Beeri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3595246?pdf=render