The Role of Cardiac Side Population Cells in Cardiac Regeneration

The heart has a limited ability to regenerate. It is important to identify therapeutic strategies that enhance cardiac regeneration in order to replace cardiomyocytes lost during the progression of heart failure. Cardiac progenitor cells are interesting targets for new regenerative therapies because...

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Main Authors: Amritha Yellamilli, Jop H van Berlo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcell.2016.00102/full