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Cardiac chimerism in recipients of peripheral-blood and bone marrow stem cells.
European journal of heart failure - 1 Jun 2004
Bayes-Genis Antoni, Muñiz-Diaz Eduardo, Catasus Lluis, Arilla Marina, Rodriguez Carmen, Sierra Jordi, Madoz Pedro J, Cinca Juan
Abstract excerpt
Multipotent progenitor cells have the ability to differentiate into most somatic cell types, including cardiac myocytes. We sought to investigate cardiac chimerism after peripheral-blood and bone marrow stem cell transplantation. Between 10 and 17 highly polymorphic short tandem repeat (STR) markers were assayed in DNA obtained from donors' peripheral blood, recipients' peripheral blood before transplantation,...
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