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

<p>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 adu...

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Main Authors: Winitsky Steve O, Gopal Thiru V, Hassanzadeh Shahin, Takahashi Hiroshi, Gryder Divina, Rogawski Michael A, Takeda Kazuyo, Yu Zu X, Xu Yu H, Epstein Neal D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2005-01-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Subjects:
Cell Biology
Development
Cardiology/Cardiac Surgery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030087

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030087

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