C-Kit Promotes Growth and Migration of Human Cardiac Progenitor Cells via the PI3K-AKT and MEK-ERK Pathways

Bathri N. Vajravelu; Kyung U. Hong; Tareq Al-Maqtari; Pengxiao Cao; Matthew C. L. Keith; Marcin Wysoczynski; John Zhao; Joseph B. Moore IV; Roberto Bolli

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140798

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C-Kit Promotes Growth and Migration of Human Cardiac Progenitor Cells via the PI3K-AKT and MEK-ERK Pathways

Bathri N. Vajravelu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bathri N. Vajravelu, Kyung U. Hong

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, United States of America
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Kyung U. Hong ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bathri N. Vajravelu, Kyung U. Hong

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, United States of America
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Tareq Al-Maqtari,

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, United States of America
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Pengxiao Cao,

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, United States of America
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Matthew C. L. Keith,

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, United States of America
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Marcin Wysoczynski,

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, United States of America
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John Zhao,

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, United States of America
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Joseph B. Moore IV,

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, United States of America
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Roberto Bolli

* E-mail: rbolli@louisville.edu

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, United States of America
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C-Kit Promotes Growth and Migration of Human Cardiac Progenitor Cells via the PI3K-AKT and MEK-ERK Pathways

Bathri N. Vajravelu,
Kyung U. Hong,
Tareq Al-Maqtari,
Pengxiao Cao,
Matthew C. L. Keith,
Marcin Wysoczynski,
John Zhao,
Joseph B. Moore IV,
Roberto Bolli

Published: October 16, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140798

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