Gelatin Hydrogel Enhances the Engraftment of Transplanted Cardiomyocytes and Angiogenesis to Ameliorate Cardiac Function after Myocardial Infarction.

Cell transplantation therapy will mean a breakthrough in resolving the donor shortage in cardiac transplantation. Cardiomyocyte (CM) transplantation, however, has been relatively inefficient in restoring cardiac function after myocardial infarction (MI) due to low engraftment of transplanted CM. In...

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Main Authors: Kazuaki Nakajima, Jun Fujita, Makoto Matsui, Shugo Tohyama, Noriko Tamura, Hideaki Kanazawa, Tomohisa Seki, Yoshikazu Kishino, Akinori Hirano, Marina Okada, Ryota Tabei, Motoaki Sano, Shinya Goto, Yasuhiko Tabata, Keiichi Fukuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4505846?pdf=render