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Editorial
. 2018 Jun 22;123(1):9-11.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.118.313215.

Reassessment of c-Kit in Cardiac Cells: A Complex Interplay Between Expression, Fate, and Function

Bin Zhou  1 , Sean M Wu  2
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Editorial

Reassessment of c-Kit in Cardiac Cells: A Complex Interplay Between Expression, Fate, and Function

Bin Zhou et al. Circ Res. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; Leydig cells; gene targeting; haploinsufficiency; regeneration; stem cell factor.

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  • Cardiac c-Kit Biology Revealed by Inducible Transgenesis.
    Gude NA, Firouzi F, Broughton KM, Ilves K, Nguyen KP, Payne CR, Sacchi V, Monsanto MM, Casillas AR, Khalafalla FG, Wang BJ, Ebeid DE, Alvarez R, Dembitsky WP, Bailey BA, van Berlo J, Sussman MA. Gude NA, et al. Circ Res. 2018 Jun 22;123(1):57-72. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.117.311828. Epub 2018 Apr 10. Circ Res. 2018. PMID: 29636378 Free PMC article.

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