Importance of the field: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have the greatest potential for use
in cell-based therapy of human heart diseases, especially in myocardial infarcts. The …

Opinion statement Owing to the prevalence of heart disease and the lack of effective long-
term solutions for managing cardiac injury, research has turned to cell therapy as a potential …

Growing cell-based myocardial therapies which could lead to successful myocardial repair
attracts medical interest. Even more intriguing is the observation that MSCs appears to be a …

Stem cell therapy for repair of damaged cardiac tissue is an attractive option to improve the
health of the growing number of heart failure patients. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for more deaths globally than any other single
disease. There are on average 1.5 million episodes of myocardial infarction (heart attack) …

• Introduction• MSC isolation, characterization and standardization‐Isolation from different
sources‐Isolation under different culture conditions‐Characterization of MSCs …

Experimental and early clinical data suggest that, due to several unique properties,
mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) may be more effective than other cell types for diseases …

With the high mortality rate, coronary heart disease (CHD) has currently become a major life-
threatening disease. The main pathological change of myocardial infarction (MI) is the …

Ischemic heart damage usually triggers cardiomyopathological remodeling and fibrosis, thus
promoting the development of heart functional failure. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a …

Acute myocardial infarction is a major problem of world public health and available
treatments have limited efficacy. Cardiac cell therapy is a new therapeutic strategy focused …