Rigid microenvironments promote cardiac differentiation of mouse and human embryonic stem cells
While adult heart muscle is the least regenerative of tissues, embryonic cardiomyocytes are proliferative, with embryonic stem (ES) cells providing an endless reservoir. In addition to secreted factors and cell–cell interactions, the extracellular microenvironment has been shown to play an important...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2013
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3845966/ |