Previews. Unleashing cardiopoiesis: a novel role for G-CSF.
Identifying pathways for cardiac muscle creation is a paramount objective of cardiac stem cell biology. In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Shimoji and colleagues (2010) report the unforeseen ability of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) to drive cardiopoiesis in mouse, primate, and human pluripotent cells.
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British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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