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The phenotype and potential origin of nestin+ cardiac myocyte-like cells following infarction.
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) - 1 Oct 2009
Béguin Pauline C, El-Helou Viviane, Assimakopoulos John, Clément Robert, Gosselin Hugues, Brugada Ramon, Villeneuve Louis, Rohlicek Charles V, Del Duca Danny, Lapointe Nathalie, Rouleau Jean L, Calderone Angelino
Abstract excerpt
Nestin+ cardiac myocyte-like cells were detected in the peri-infarct/infarct region of the ischemically damaged heart. The present study was undertaken to elucidate the phenotype and potential origin of nestin+ cardiac myocyte-like cells and identify stimuli implicated in their appearance. In the infarcted human and rat heart, nestin+ cardiac myocyte-like cells were morphologically and structurally immature,...
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