Strategy to prime the host and cells to augment therapeutic efficacy of progenitor cells for patients with myocardial infarction

Cell therapy in myocardial infarction (MI) is an innovative strategy that is regarded as a rescue therapy to repair the damaged myocardium and to promote neovascularization for the ischemic border zone. Among several stem cell sources for this purpose, autologous progenitors from bone marrow or peri...

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Main Authors: Jeehoon Kang, Tae-Won Kim, Jin Hur, Hyo-Soo Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcvm.2016.00046/full