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Regenerative Medicine/Cardiac Cell Therapy: Adult/Somatic Progenitor Cells.
The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon - 1 Jan 2018
Nazari-Shafti Timo Z, Kempfert Jörg, Falk Volkmar, Röll Wilhelm, Stamm Christof
Abstract excerpt
Preclinical data suggested that somatic stem or progenitor cells derived induce and/or support endogenous repair mechanisms of the myocardium. Such cell populations were clearly shown to promote neovascularization in postischemic tissue, and some evidence also indicated transdifferentiation into cardiomyocytes. In the clinical setting, however, many attempts to regenerate damaged myocardium with a variety of...
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