Novel 3D culture system with similarities to the human heart for studies of the cardiac stem cell niche

A regulatory pathway involving Notch1/β-catenin/Isl1 determines cardiac progenitor cell fate.

(2009) Chulan Kwon et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Evidence for Cardiomyocyte Renewal in Humans

(2009) Olaf Bergmann et al.   SCIENCE

Murine “Cardiospheres” Are Not a Source of Stem Cells with Cardiomyogenic Potential

(2009) Ditte Caroline Andersen et al.   STEM CELLS

Coculture of Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Human Articular Chondrocytes Results in Significantly Altered Phenotype and Improved Chondrogenic Differentiation

(2009) Narmin Bigdeli et al.   STEM CELLS

Glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) in the heart: a point of integration in hypertrophic signalling and a therapeutic target? A critical analysis

(2008) P H Sugden et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Role of the ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter Abcg2 in the Phenotype and Function of Cardiac Side Population Cells

(2008) Otmar Pfister et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Hedgehog signaling plays a cell-autonomous role in maximizing cardiac developmental potential

(2008) N. A. Thomas et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Lineage Tracing of Cardiac Explant Derived Cells

(2008) Lincoln T. Shenje et al.   PLoS One

Notch1 regulates the fate of cardiac progenitor cells

(2008) A. Boni et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TGF-β1 induces efficient differentiation of human cardiomyocyte progenitor cells into functional cardiomyocytes in vitro

(2008) Marie-José Goumans et al.   Stem Cell Research