OBJECTIVES
Cell therapy may offer novel therapeutic options for chronic ischemic heart disease. In a clinical trial, we first assessed the feasibility and safety of intramyocardial CD133+ bone marrow… (More)
Implantation of bone-marrow stem cells in the heart might be a new method to restore tissue viability after myocardial infarction. We injected up to 1.5x10(6) autologous AC133+ bone-marrow cells into… (More)
Engraftment of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from adult bone marrow has been proposed as a potential therapeutic approach for postinfarction left ventricular dysfunction. However, limited… (More)
BACKGROUND
Tissue engineering using in vitro-cultivated autologous vascular wall cells is a new approach to biological heart valve replacement. In the present study, we analyzed a new concept to… (More)
OBJECTIVE
Tissue engineering of heart valves represents a new experimental concept to improve current modes of therapy in valvular heart disease. Drawbacks of glutaraldehyde fixed tissue valves or… (More)
AIMS
Controversy exists regarding the effects of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) on post-infarction remodelling, which is regulated by matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue… (More)
Intracoronary and intramyocardial stem cell therapy aim at the repair of compromised myocardium thereby--as a causal treatment--preventing ventricular remodeling and improving overall performance.… (More)
Emerging evidence suggests a cardioprotective role of the angiotensin AT2R, albeit the underlying cellular mechanisms are not well understood. We aimed in this article to elucidate a potential role… (More)
OBJECTIVE
Myocardial ischemia has been shown to induce apoptosis of endothelial cells (EC). However, the mechanism of this endothelial injury is still poorly understood. To analyse the signaling… (More)