Pathologically modified myocardial cell, production and use thereof
OwnerVolker Rönicke, Barbara Nave +1inventors
InventorsVolker Rönicke, Barbara Nave, Thomas Henkel
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Abstract
Pathologically modified myocardial cell which can be produced from healthy cardiac tissue by provision or isolation of at least one healthy myocardial cell, stimulation of the isolated myocardial cell by suitable hormones, hormone analogs and/or cytokines; detection of the at least one pathologically modified myocardial cell by determination of the localization of at least one signal molecule, and methods for the production thereof and the use thereof including a method for detecting or identifying substances acting on the heart.
Claims22
A pathologically modified myocardial cell which can be produced from healthy cardiac tissue and/or at least one healthy myocardial cell by a method comprising the steps:
- (a) provision or isolation of at least one healthy myocardial cell;
- (b) stimulation of the isolated myocardial cell by suitable hormones, hormone analogs and/or cytokines.
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