| Literature DB >> 21048428 |
Shirley S Mihardja1, Jiashing Yu, Randall J Lee.
Abstract
Repairing cardiac tissue remains one of the most challenging goals in tissue engineering. Here, we discuss ways whereby we sought to treat myocardial infarctions using extracellular-matrix derived peptides. Using an ischemia/reperfusion myocardial infarction rodent model, we targeted these extracellular matrix-derived peptides to the myocardial infarct site and were able to induce angiogenesis and alter the negative remodeling seen after an acute myocardial infarction. Our results indicate a potentially new strategy for repairing damaged tissue.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21048428 PMCID: PMC3084975 DOI: 10.4161/cam.5.2.13796
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Adh Migr ISSN: 1933-6918 Impact factor: 3.405