An update on the management of Chagas cardiomyopathy

MOC Rocha, MM Teixeira… - Expert review of anti …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, infects nearly 18
million people in Latin America and mainly affects the heart, causing heart failure …

Rodent models of heart failure: an updated review

AC Gomes, I Falcao-Pires, AL Pires, C Brás-Silva… - Heart failure …, 2013 - Springer
Heart failure (HF) is one of the major health and economic burdens worldwide, and its
prevalence is continuously increasing. The study of HF requires reliable animal models to …

Dose–response relationship of mesenchymal stem cell transplantation and functional regeneration after severe skeletal muscle injury in rats

T Winkler, P von Roth, G Matziolis, M Mehta… - … Engineering Part A, 2009 - liebertpub.com
Various therapeutic strategies that aim to influence clinical outcome after severe skeletal
muscle trauma have been considered. One such method, the local transplantation of stem …

Rodent models of heart failure

P Balakumar, AP Singh, M Singh - Journal of pharmacological and …, 2007 - Elsevier
Heart failure, a complex disorder with heterogeneous aetiologies remains one of the most
threatening diseases known. It is a clinical syndrome attributable to a multitude of factors that …

Beneficial roles of cellulose patch-mediated cell therapy in myocardial infarction: a preclinical study

RB Simeoni, BF Mogharbel, JC Francisco, NI Miyague… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Biological scaffolds have become an attractive approach for repairing the infarcted
myocardium and have been shown to facilitate constructive remodeling in injured tissues …

Nanofibrillar cellulose-alginate hydrogel coated surgical sutures as cell-carrier systems

P Laurén, P Somersalo, I Pitkänen, YR Lou, A Urtti… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Hydrogel nanomaterials, especially those that are of non-human and non-animal origins,
have great potential in biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences due to their versatility and …

Myogenic Potential of Whole Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells In Vitro and In Vivo for Usage in Urinary Incontinence

M Gunetti, S Tomasi, A Giammò, M Boido, D Rustichelli… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Urinary incontinence, defined as the complaint of any involuntary loss of urine, is a
pathological condition, which affects 30% females and 15% males over 60, often following a …

Acellular Human Amniotic Membrane Scaffold with 15d-PGJ2 Nanoparticles in Postinfarct Rat Model

JC Francisco, L Uemura, RB Simeoni… - … Engineering Part A, 2020 - liebertpub.com
The difficulty in the regeneration of cardiomyocytes after myocardial infarction is a major
cause of heart failure. Together, the amniotic membrane and 15-deoxy-Δ12, 14 …

Natural products to anti-trypanosomal drugs: an overview of new drug prototypes for American Trypanosomiasis

AG Tempone, P Sartorelli, C Mady… - … Agents in Medicinal …, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com
Protozoan tropical diseases cause great suffering throughout developing countries, with
high rates of morbidity and mortality. American Trypanosomiasis affects 16-18 million people …

Co-delivery of Cbfa-1-targeting siRNA and SOX9 protein using PLGA nanoparticles to induce chondrogenesis of human mesenchymal stem cells

SY Jeon, JS Park, HN Yang, HJ Lim, SW Yi, H Park… - Biomaterials, 2014 - Elsevier
During stem cell differentiation, various cellular responses occur that are mediated by
transcription factors and proteins. This study evaluated the abilities of SOX9, a crucial …