The purpose of this study was to develop enabling bioreactor technologies using a novel
voice coil actuator system for investigating the effects of periodic strain on cardiac patches …

Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (hUCMSCs) have potential clinical
applications in different types of diseases. In order to acquire enough cells, hUCMSCs have …

Background aims The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of low-level light
therapy (LLLT) on transplanted human adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (ASCs) …

The current evidence suggests that beneficial effects of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs)
toward myocardial repair are largely due to paracrine actions of several factors. Although …

Nowadays, cardiac regenerative medicine is facing many limitations because of the
complexity to find the most suitable stem cell source and to understand the regenerative …

A critical challenge in tissue regeneration is to develop constructs that effectively integrate
with the host tissue. Here, we describe a composite, laser micromachined, collagen …

Badylak SF. The extracellular matrix as a scaffold for tissue recon struction, Cell Dev Bio 13,
377-383 (2002). Beattie AJ, et al. Chemoattraction of progenitor cells by remodeling …

Multilayered cell sheets have been produced from bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem
cells (MSCs) for investigating their adhesion properties onto native porcine heart tissue …

Myocardial infarction (MI) is the leading cause of death worldwide. Recent advances in stem
cell research hold great potential for heart tissue regeneration through stem cell-based …

Abstract Three‐dimensional (3D) tissues can be reconstructed by cell sheet technology, and
various clinical researches using these constructed tissues have already been initiated to …