Adult murine skeletal muscle contains cells that can differentiate into beating cardiomyocytes in vitro.

Adult murine skeletal muscle contains cells that can differentiate into beating cardiomyocytes in vitro.

It has long been held as scientific fact that soon after birth, cardiomyocytes cease dividing, thus explaining the limited restoration of cardiac function after a heart attack. Recent demonstrations of cardiac myocyte differentiation observed in vitro or after in vivo transplantation of adult stem c...

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Main Authors: Steve O Winitsky, Thiru V Gopal, Shahin Hassanzadeh, Hiroshi Takahashi, Divina Gryder, Michael A Rogawski, Kazuyo Takeda, Zu X Yu, Yu H Xu, Neal D Epstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2005-04-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1064849?pdf=render

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