Sympathetic Innervation Induced in Engrafted Engineered Cardiomyocyte Sheets by Glial Cell Line Derived Neurotrophic Factor In Vivo

The aim of myocardial tissue engineering is to repair or regenerate damaged myocardium with engineered cardiac tissue. However, this strategy has been hampered by lack of functional integration of grafts with native myocardium. Autonomic innervation may be crucial for grafts to function properly wit...

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Main Authors: Xian-ming Fu, Jong-Kook Lee, Keiko Miwa, Tatsuya Shimizu, Yoshiko Takagishi, Masumi Hirabayashi, Kazuhiko Watabe, Akihiko Usui, Itsuo Kodama, Yuichi Ueda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/532720