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Hypoxic preconditioning improves survival of cardiac progenitor cells: role of stromal cell derived factor-1α-CXCR4 axis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Yan Fengdi, Yao Yuyu, Chen Lijuan, Li Yefei, Sheng Zulong, Ma Genshan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs) have been shown to be suitable in stem cell therapy for resurrecting damaged myocardium, but poor retention of transplanted cells in the ischemic myocardium causes ineffective cell therapy. Hypoxic preconditioning of cells can increase the expression of CXCR4 and pro-survival genes to promote better cell survival; however, it is unknown whether hypoxia preconditioning...
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