Smooth muscle cell transplantation into myocardial scar tissue improves heart function

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 513-522

  Li, Ren Ke ^a   Jia, Zhi Quiang ^a   Weisel, Richard D ^a   Merante, Frank ^a   Mickle, Donald A G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Cell transplantation; Heart function; Myocardial scar; Smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYCLOSPORIN A;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FETUS; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE VOLUME; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCAR; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STOMACH MUSCLE; THICKNESS;

EID: 0033105618     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1998.0882     Document Type: Article

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