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c-kit+ Cardiac Stem Cells: Spontaneous Creation or a Perplexing Reality.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Khan, M; Koch, WJ
Published in: Circ Res
March 4, 2016

One of the lingering controversies in the field of cardiac regenerative medicine has been around the origin of c-kit+ cardiac stem cells in the heart and their contribution towards cardiac homeostasis. A recent study reports that a subpopulation of c-kit+ cardiac progenitors emerges from the cardiac neural crest (CNC) with the capacity to give rise to cardiomyocytes. Contribution of CNC derived c-kit+ cells to cardiac myocyte development is regulated by bone morphogenetic protein (BMP). However, ex vivo manipulation of CNCc-kit cells reveals efficient transformation to early cardiac progenitors.

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Circ Res

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EISSN

1524-4571

Publication Date

March 4, 2016

Volume

118

Issue

5

Start / End Page

783 / 785

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Stem Cells
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit
  • Neural Crest
  • Myocytes, Cardiac
  • Cardiovascular System & Hematology
  • Animals
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
  • 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology
 

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Khan, M., & Koch, W. J. (2016). c-kit+ Cardiac Stem Cells: Spontaneous Creation or a Perplexing Reality. Circ Res, 118(5), 783–785. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.115.308103
Khan, Mohsin, and Walter J. Koch. “c-kit+ Cardiac Stem Cells: Spontaneous Creation or a Perplexing Reality.Circ Res 118, no. 5 (March 4, 2016): 783–85. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.115.308103.
Khan M, Koch WJ. c-kit+ Cardiac Stem Cells: Spontaneous Creation or a Perplexing Reality. Circ Res. 2016 Mar 4;118(5):783–5.
Khan, Mohsin, and Walter J. Koch. “c-kit+ Cardiac Stem Cells: Spontaneous Creation or a Perplexing Reality.Circ Res, vol. 118, no. 5, Mar. 2016, pp. 783–85. Pubmed, doi:10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.115.308103.
Khan M, Koch WJ. c-kit+ Cardiac Stem Cells: Spontaneous Creation or a Perplexing Reality. Circ Res. 2016 Mar 4;118(5):783–785.

Published In

Circ Res

DOI

EISSN

1524-4571

Publication Date

March 4, 2016

Volume

118

Issue

5

Start / End Page

783 / 785

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Stem Cells
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit
  • Neural Crest
  • Myocytes, Cardiac
  • Cardiovascular System & Hematology
  • Animals
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
  • 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology