Cell therapy trials for heart regeneration—lessons learned and future directions

P Menasché - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2018 - nature.com
The effects of cell therapy on heart regeneration in patients with chronic cardiomyopathy
have been assessed in several clinical trials. These trials can be categorized as those using …

Exosomes: fundamental biology and roles in cardiovascular physiology

A Ibrahim, E Marbán - Annual review of physiology, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Exosomes are nanosized membrane particles that are secreted by cells that transmit
information from cell to cell. The information within exosomes prominently includes their …

Intracoronary cardiosphere-derived cells for heart regeneration after myocardial infarction (CADUCEUS): a prospective, randomised phase 1 trial

RR Makkar, RR Smith, KE Cheng, K Malliaras… - The Lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs) reduce scarring after myocardial
infarction, increase viable myocardium, and boost cardiac function in preclinical models. We …

Y RNA fragment in extracellular vesicles confers cardioprotection via modulation of IL‐10 expression and secretion

L Cambier, G de Couto, A Ibrahim… - EMBO molecular …, 2017 - embopress.org
Cardiosphere‐derived cells (CDC s) reduce myocardial infarct size via secreted
extracellular vesicles (CDC‐EVs), including exosomes, which alter macrophage …

Heart failure in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease

RB Hinton, SM Ware - Circulation research, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Heart failure (HF) is a complex clinical syndrome resulting from diverse primary and
secondary causes and shared pathways of disease progression, correlating with substantial …

Cardiomyocyte proliferation and progenitor cell recruitment underlie therapeutic regeneration after myocardial infarction in the adult mouse heart

K Malliaras, Y Zhang, J Seinfeld, G Galang… - EMBO molecular …, 2013 - embopress.org
Cardiosphere‐derived cells (CDCs) have been shown to regenerate infarcted myocardium
in patients after myocardial infarction (MI). However, whether the cells of the newly formed …

Safety and efficacy of allogeneic cell therapy in infarcted rats transplanted with mismatched cardiosphere-derived cells

K Malliaras, TS Li, D Luthringer, J Terrovitis, K Cheng… - Circulation, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs) are an attractive cell type for tissue
regeneration, and autologous CDCs are being tested clinically. However, autologous …

Young developmental age cardiac extracellular matrix promotes the expansion of neonatal cardiomyocytes in vitro

C Williams, KP Quinn, I Georgakoudi, LD Black III - Acta biomaterialia, 2014 - Elsevier
A major limitation to cardiac tissue engineering and regenerative medicine strategies is the
lack of proliferation of postnatal cardiomyocytes. The extracellular matrix (ECM) is altered …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrogels for cardiac tissue engineering

G Camci-Unal, N Annabi, MR Dokmeci, R Liao… - NPG Asia …, 2014 - nature.com
Cardiac failure is a critical condition that results in life-threatening consequences. Due to a
limited number of organ donors, tissue engineering has emerged to generate functional …

Cardiac cell therapy: where we've been, where we are, and where we should be headed

K Malliaras, E Marban - British medical bulletin, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Stem cell therapy has emerged as a promising strategy for the treatment of
ischemic cardiomyopathy. Sources of data Multiple candidate cell types have been used in …