Pretreatment of Adipose Derived Stem Cells with Curcumin Facilitates Myocardial Recovery via Antiapoptosis and Angiogenesis

• Main Authors: Jianfeng Liu (Author), Ping Zhu (Author), Peng Song (Author), Weiping Xiong (Author), Haixu Chen (Author), Wenhui Peng (Author), Shuxia Wang (Author), Shan Li (Author), Zhiqing Fu (Author), Yutang Wang (Author), Haibin Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The poor survival rate of transplanted stem cells in ischemic myocardium has limited their therapeutic efficacy. Curcumin has potent antioxidant property. This study investigates whether prior curcumin treatment protects stem cells from oxidative stress injury and improves myocardial recovery follow...