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Editorial
. 2018 Oct 22:5:37.
doi: 10.21037/sci.2018.10.02. eCollection 2018.

Sendai virus based direct cardiac reprogramming: what lies ahead?

James L Engel  1   2   3 , Reza Ardehali  1   2   3
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Editorial

Sendai virus based direct cardiac reprogramming: what lies ahead?

James L Engel et al. Stem Cell Investig. .
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Figure 1
Schematic depicting the experimental approach by Miyamoto et al. Direct cardiac reprogramming of fibroblasts to iCMs using non-integrating Sendai virus or integrating retrovirus were compared both in vitro and in vivo. iCMs, induced cardiomyocyte-like cells.
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