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Diazoxide preconditioning of endothelial progenitor cells from streptozotocin-induced type 1 diabetic rats improves their ability to repair diabetic cardiomyopathy.
Molecular and cellular biochemistry - 1 Dec 2015
Ali Muhammad, Mehmood Azra, Anjum Muhammad Sohail, Tarrar Moazzam Nazir, Khan Shaheen N, Riazuddin Sheikh
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Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) is a strong risk factor for the development of diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) which is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the type 1 diabetic patients. Stem cells may act as a therapeutic agent for the repair of DCM. However, deteriorated functional abilities and survival of stem cells derived from type 1 diabetic subjects need to be overcome for obtaining potential...
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