The way to a human's heart is through the stomach: visceral endoderm-like cells drive human embryonic stem cells to a cardiac fate.
Nakamura
Teruya
T
Schneider
Michael D
MD
D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division; D018920:Coculture Techniques; D004707:Endoderm / Q000166:cytology / Q000637:transplantation*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology; D006321:Heart; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology / Q000637:transplantation; D019899:Paracrine Communication / Q000502:physiology; D039904:Pluripotent Stem Cells / Q000637:transplantation; D012038:Regeneration / Q000502:physiology; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends; D013270:Stomach / Q000166:cytology*; D039901:Totipotent Stem Cells / Q000637:transplantation; D014781:Viscera / Q000166:cytology*