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Cardiomyocyte differentiation of bone marrow-derived Oct-4+CXCR4+SSEA-1+ very small embryonic-like stem cells
23 Jun 2010
Abstract excerpt
VSELs are a population of rare Oct-4+CXCR4+ CD133+lin-CD45- cells that are deposited during early embryogenesis in developing organs/tissues as a reserve population of pluripotent stem cells for regeneration. We reported recently that they are mobilized into peripheral blood during acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in mice and humans. However, although freshly isolated VSELs in experimental AMI mouse models...
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