| Ingo Kutschka Kutschka I, Kofidis T, Chen I, von Degenfeld G, Zwierzchoniewska M, Hoyt G, et al. Adenoviral human BCL-2 transgene expression attenuates early donor cell death after cardiomyoblast transplantation into ischemic rat hearts. Circulation. 2006;114:I174-80 pubmed
..Transduction of mH9c2 cardiomyoblasts with AdCMVhBcl-2 increased graft survival in ischemic rat myocardium without causing malignancies. Both AdCMVhBcl-2/mH9c2 and mH9c2 grafts improved LV function. .. Kutschka I, Chen I, Kofidis T, Arai T, von Degenfeld G, Sheikh A, et al. Collagen matrices enhance survival of transplanted cardiomyoblasts and contribute to functional improvement of ischemic rat hearts. Circulation. 2006;114:I167-73 pubmed
..Further optimization of the graft design should make restoration of large myocardial infarctions by tissue engineering approaches effective. .. Kutschka I, Chen I, Kofidis T, von Degenfeld G, Sheikh A, Hendry S, et al. In vivo optical bioluminescence imaging of collagen-supported cardiac cell grafts. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2007;26:273-80 pubmed
..Optical bioluminescence is a powerful method for assessment of cardiac cell graft survival in vivo. Collagen matrices support early survival of cardiomyoblasts after transplantation into injured musculature. ..
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