Inverse relationship between tumour proliferation markers and connexin expression in a malignant cardiac tumour originating from mesenchymal stem cell engineered tissue in a rat in-vivo model.

• Main Authors: Cathleen eSpath (Author), Franziska eSchlegel (Author), Sergey eLeontyev (Author), Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr (Author), Stefan eDhein (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2013-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Background: Recently, we demonstrated the beneficial effects of engineered heart tissues for the treatment of dilated cardiomyopathy in rats. For further development of this technique we started to produce engineered tissue (ET) from mesenchymal stem cells. Interestingly, we observed a malignant tum...