The development of biomaterials for cardiac tissue engineering (CTE) is challenging,
primarily owing to the requirement of achieving a surface with favourable characteristics that …

The renin–angiotensin system (RAS) is critically involved in cardiovascular and renal
function and in disease conditions, and has been shown to be a far more complex system …

Side population (SP) cells, which can be identified by their ability to exclude Hoechst 33342
dye, are one of the candidates for somatic stem cells. Although bone marrow SP cells are …

Embryonic stem (ES) cells may represent an alternative source of functionally intact
cardiomyocytes for the causal treatment of cardiovascular diseases. However, this requires …

Most studies on stem cell transplantation therapy on myocardially infarcted animal models
and phase-I human clinical trials have focused on the use of undifferentiated stem cells …

Periostin was originally isolated as a osteoblast-specific factor that functions as a cell
adhesion molecule for preosteoblasts and is thought to be involved in osteoblast …

Poly (ethylene oxide)-b-poly (ε-caprolactone)(PEO-b-PCL) block copolymers self-assemble
into micelles in aqueous solution. We have examined whether these micelles can internalize …

expanded from cardiac biopsies by different protocols. 9, 10 Very recently, the first patients
were treated with either cardiosphere-derived cardiac stem cells (CArdiosphere-Derived …

G protein‐coupled receptors (GPCRs) play key physiological roles in numerous tissues,
including the heart, and their dysfunction influences a wide range of cardiovascular …

The realization of regenerative cardiac medicine depends on the availability of
cardiomyocytes in sufficient numbers for transplantation of cardiac tissue and the …