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Continuous engraftment and differentiation of male recipient Y-chromosome-positive cardiomyocytes in donor female human heart transplants.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation - 1 Nov 2007
Angelini Annalisa, Castellani Chiara, Tona Francesco, Gambino Antonio, Caforio Alida P, Feltrin Giuseppe, Della Barbera Mila, Valente Marialuisa, Gerosa Gino, Thiene Gaetano
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The mechanisms of stem cell engraftment and differentiation in transplanted organs are still unknown. The aim of our study was to assess the time course of extracardiac progenitor cell colonization of cardiac allografts using the human sex-mismatched heart transplant model. The possib...
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