Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 312-321 , August 2010

Isolation and expansion of functionally-competent cardiac progenitor cells directly from heart biopsies

  • Darryl R. Davis

      Affiliations

    • Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
    • ,
  • Eddy Kizana

      Affiliations

    • Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
    • Department of Cardiology, Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
    • ,
  • John Terrovitis

      Affiliations

    • Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
    • ,
  • Andreas S. Barth

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    • ,
  • Yiqiang Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
    • ,
  • Rachel Ruckdeschel Smith

      Affiliations

    • Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
    • ,
  • Junichiro Miake

      Affiliations

    • Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
    • ,
  • Eduardo Marbán

      Affiliations

    • Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 310 423 7557; fax: +1 310 423 7637.

Received 12 January 2010 ,Revised 22 February 2010 ,Accepted 23 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2010.02.019

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 312-321 , August 2010

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