1. Stem cell therapy for myocardial repair
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Raj Makkar, Michael Lill, and Peng Sheng Chen
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Cardiac function curve ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Skeletal Myoblasts ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Stem-cell therapy ,Myocardial function ,medicine.disease ,Transplantation ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Internal medicine ,Cardiology ,cardiovascular system ,Medicine ,cardiovascular diseases ,Bone marrow ,Myocardial infarction ,Stem cell ,business ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine - Abstract
Transplantation of both skeletal myoblasts and stem cells into the region of infarcted myocardium results in improved myocardial function in both the murine and porcine infarct models. Intravenous injection of stem cells and bone marrow stimulating cytokines also improves cardiac function [(1โ4)][
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- 2003
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