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Stem Cell Differentiation Toward a Cardiac Myocyte Phenotype

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Stem Cells And Myocardial Regeneration

Part of the book series: Contemporary Cardiology ((CONCARD))

Abstract

Understanding cardiac myocyte differentiation during embryonic heart development will provide insight into how to promote cardiac myogenesis in stem cell populations for cell-based therapies. This chapter reviews what is known about the embryonic origin of cardiac myocytes in vertebrates, the signals that induce myocardial cell specification, the factors that regulate transcription during cardiac myocyte differentiation, and the regulatory networks that connect them.

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Ladd, A.N. (2007). Stem Cell Differentiation Toward a Cardiac Myocyte Phenotype. In: Penn, M.S. (eds) Stem Cells And Myocardial Regeneration. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-272-4_10

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