Cardiomyocytes respond to physiological or pathological stress only by hypertrophy and not
by an increase in the number of functioning cardiomyocytes. However, recent evidence …

Many forms of heart disease are associated with the loss of cardiomyocytes both via
apoptosis or necrosis, and despite the recent identification of resident cardiac stem cells, the …

A loss of functional cardiomyocytes forms the cellular basis of cardiac dysfunction and heart
failure. Stem cell based repletion of scarred myocardial tissue and regeneration of …

Tissue‐engineering techniques are being used to build in vitro models of organs as
substitutes for human donor organs for transplantation as well as in vitro toxicology testing …

One way to restore failing heart function following myocardial infarction would be to replace
lost or damaged cardiac cells by local or systemic injection. The sources of replacement …

Stem cell transplantation provides a potential regenerative therapy for the heart damaged by
myocardial infarction. Numerous scientific studies have been undertaken in animals and …

许多研究都表明神经干细胞具有再生和修复中枢神经系统神经损伤的能力. 采用有效的无创伤性
技术来监测和追踪干细胞移植治疗的效果将对其在动物实验研究和临床应用方面起到促进作用 …

目的: 由于肌腱来源受限及人工代用品力学性能差等缺点限制了临床肌腱损伤的修复,
为此探索组织工程化肌腱修复兔跟腱缺损的可行性, 以期为肌腱修复提供实验依据. 方法 …

心肌缺血性病如心肌梗死(myocardial infarction, MI) 等一直是临床治疗的难点.
心肌缺血引起心肌细胞坏死, 凋亡造成心肌数目减少, 心室重构促使心力衰竭发生. 通常认为 …

Heart disease is a leading cause of death and contributes to 29% of total deaths in USA
(Anderson and Smith, 2003). About five million people suffer from heart failure each year …