Combined Analysis of Endothelial, Hematopoietic, and Mesenchymal Stem Cell Compartments Shows Simultaneous but Independent Effects of Age and Heart Disease

• Main Authors: Carine Ghem (Author), Lucinara Dadda Dias (Author), Roberto Tofani Sant'Anna (Author), Renato A. K. Kalil (Author), Melissa Markoski (Author), Nance Beyer Nardi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Clinical trials using stem cell therapy for heart diseases have not reproduced the initial positive results obtained with animal models. This might be explained by a decreased regenerative capacity of stem cells collected from the patients. This work aimed at the simultaneous investigation of endoth...