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C-kit+ CD45− cells found in the adult human heart represent a population of endothelial progenitor cells

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Direct Reprogramming of Fibroblasts into Functional Cardiomyocytes by Defined Factors

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Resident cardiac progenitor cells: At the heart of regeneration

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A Review of Three-Dimensional In Vitro Tissue Models for Drug Discovery and Transport Studies

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Primary contribution to zebrafish heart regeneration by gata4 + cardiomyocytes

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Dedifferentiation and Proliferation of Mammalian Cardiomyocytes

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

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Cardiospheres Recapitulate a Niche-Like Microenvironment Rich in Stemness and Cell-Matrix Interactions, Rationalizing Their Enhanced Functional Potency for Myocardial Repair

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Human ISL1 heart progenitors generate diverse multipotent cardiovascular cell lineages

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

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Human cardiomyocyte progenitor cells differentiate into functional mature cardiomyocytes: an in vitro model for studying human cardiac physiology and pathophysiology

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Evidence for Cardiomyocyte Renewal in Humans

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

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Three-Dimensional Culture Alters Primary Cardiac Cell Phenotype

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

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Notch1 regulates the fate of cardiac progenitor cells

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