Open AccessNew model for cardiomyocyte sheet transplantation using a virus-cell fusion technique
Author(s) -
Yuto Takahashi,
Daihachiro Tomotsune,
Sakiko Takizawa,
Fengming Yue,
Machiko Nagai,
Tetsuji Yokoyama,
Kanji Hirashima,
Katsunori Sasaki
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of stem cells
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.907
H-Index - 18
ISSN - 1948-0210
DOI - 10.4252/wjsc.v7.i5.883
Subject(s) - transplantation , myocyte , h&e stain , skeletal muscle , immunostaining , desmin , actin , chemistry , anatomy , microbiology and biotechnology , staining , medicine , biology , pathology , immunohistochemistry , vimentin
To facilitate close contacts between transplanted cardiomyocytes and host skeletal muscle using cell fusion mediated by hemagglutinating virus of Japan envelope (HVJ-E) and tissue maceration.