• Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Luzhou Medical College, Luzhou Sichuan, 646000, P. R. China;
LIAOBin, Email: liaobin@vip.tom.com
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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. Conclusion 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.

Citation: WENZhi, LIAOBin. ROLE OF STEM CELL NICHES IN MAINTAINING CARDIAC STEM CELLS HOMEOSTASIS. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2015, 29(4): 503-507. doi: 10.7507/1002-1892.20150107 Copy

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