Cardiac Migration of Endogenous Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Patients with Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy

• Main Authors: Caroline Schmidt-Lucke (Author), Felicitas Escher (Author), Sophie Van Linthout (Author), Uwe Kühl (Author), Kapka Miteva (Author), Jochen Ringe (Author), Thomas Zobel (Author), Heinz-Peter Schultheiss (Author), Carsten Tschöpe (Author)
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• Publicado em: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Introduction. Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) have immunomodulatory features. The aim of this study was to investigate the migration and homing potential of endogenous circulating MSC in virus negative inflammatory cardiomyopathy (CMi). Methods. In 29 patients with n=23 or without n=6 CMi undergoing...