Short-Term Heart Retention and Distribution of Intramyocardial Delivered Mesenchymal Cells within Necrotic or Intact Myocardium

Cell therapy with bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) is a new strategy for treating ischemic heart failure, but data concerning the distribution and retention of transplanted cells remain poor. We investigated the short-term myocardial retention of BMSCs when these cells are directly injecte...

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Main Authors: Nguyen Tran Ph.D., Yan Li, Fatiha Maskali, Laurent Antunes, Pablo Maureira, Marie-Helene Laurens, Pierre-Yves Marie, Gilles Karcher, Frederique Groubatch, Jean-François Stoltz, Jean-Pierre Villemot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2006-04-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3727/000000006783981918