Murine cardiosphere-derived cells are impaired by age but not by cardiac dystrophic dysfunction.

To be clinically relevant as a therapy for heart failure, endogenous progenitor cells must be isolated and expanded from aged and/or diseased tissue. Here, we investigated the effect of age and cardiac impairment resulting from lack of dystrophin on murine cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs). CDCs wer...

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Main Authors: Hsiao, L, Perbellini, F, Gomes, R, Tan, J, Vieira, S, Faggian, G, Clarke, K, Carr, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Mary Ann Liebert Inc. 2014