Cardiac tissue engineering: a reflection after a decade of hurry

Front Physiol. 2014 Sep 23:5:365. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00365. eCollection 2014.

¹ Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Palermo Palermo, Italy.
² Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Palermo Palermo, Italy ; Department of Stress Biology, Epigenetics and Biomarkers, Euro-Mediterranean Institute of Science and Technology (IEMEST) Palermo, Italy.
³ Integrated Center for Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine (ICCT), International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Czech Republic.

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Keywords: biomaterials; cardiac progenitor cells; heart regeneration; proto-tissues; scaffolds; tissue engineering.