Cell Size Critically Determines Initial Retention of Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells in the Heart after Intracoronary Injection: Evidence from a Rat Model.

Intracoronary injection of bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMMNC) is an emerging treatment for heart failure. Initial donor cell retention in the heart is the key to the success of this approach, but this process remains insufficiently characterized. Although it is assumed that cell size of injected...

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Main Authors: Niall G Campbell, Masahiro Kaneko, Yasunori Shintani, Takuya Narita, Vinit Sawhney, Steven R Coppen, Kenta Yashiro, Anthony Mathur, Ken Suzuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4933345?pdf=render