Journal:
:the journal of tehran university heart center
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seyed mahdi nassiri department of clinical pathology, faculty of veterinary medicine, university of tehran, tehran, iran
seyed hossein ahmadi tehran heart center, medical sciences / university of tehran, tehran, iran.
zohreh khaki department of clinical pathology, faculty of veterinary medicine, university of tehran, tehran, iran
masoud soleimani department of hematology, school of medical sciences, tarbiat modares university, tehran, iran.
issa jahanzad department of pathology, imam khomeini hospital complex, medical sciences / university of tehran, te
shahram rabbani tehran heart center, medical sciences / university of tehran, tehran, iran.
background: marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (mscs) have been heralded as a source of great promise for the regeneration of the infarcted heart. there are no clear data as to whether or not in vitro differentiation of mscs into major myocardial cells can increase the beneficial effects of mscs. the aim of this study was to address this issue. methods: to induce mscs to transdifferentiate i...