title: [ROLE OF STEM CELL NICHES IN MAINTAINING CARDIAC STEM CELLS HOMEOSTASIS].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the role of stem cell niches in maintaining cardiac stem cells homeostasis, and to foresee its prospects.
  
  
  METHODS
  The literature on cardiac stem cells niches was extensively reviewed. The roles of stem cell niches components, extracellular matrix, and secretory factors in maintaining cardiac stem cell homeostasis were analysed and reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Lots of experiments reveal that stem cell niches are able to delay the aging of cardiac stem cells, protect from external damage, keep stem properties, and improve the purity and quantity. However, the mechanism is not fully understood.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The stem cell niches have a very bright application prospect in homeostasis, purification, and amplification for the cardiac stem cells, and it needs further study.
authors.forename: Zhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liao
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000378:metabolism; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D055153:Stem Cell Niche; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism