Sca-1+ Cardiac Stem Cells Mediate Acute Cardioprotection via Paracrine Factor SDF-1 following Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion

SDF-1/CXCR4 mediates acute protection of cardiac function through myocardial STAT3 signaling following global ischemia/reperfusion injury

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Estrogen-induced SDF-1 production is mediated by estrogen receptor-α in female hearts after acute ischemia and reperfusion

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Relative Roles of Direct Regeneration Versus Paracrine Effects of Human Cardiosphere-Derived Cells Transplanted Into Infarcted Mice

(2010) Isotta Chimenti et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Estrogen receptor β mediates increased activation of PI3K/Akt signaling and improved myocardial function in female hearts following acute ischemia

(2009) Meijing Wang et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Alternative implication of CXCR4 in JAK2/STAT3 activation in small cell lung cancer

(2009) M Pfeiffer et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER

Human ISL1 heart progenitors generate diverse multipotent cardiovascular cell lineages

(2009) Lei Bu et al.   NATURE

IL-18 binding protein-expressing mesenchymal stem cells improve myocardial protection after ischemia or infarction

(2009) M. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Generation of Functional Ventricular Heart Muscle from Mouse Ventricular Progenitor Cells

(2009) I. J. Domian et al.   SCIENCE

Activation of Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription 3 and Focal Adhesion Kinase by Stromal Cell-Derived Factor 1 Is Required for Migration of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Response to Tumor Cell-Conditioned Medium

(2009) Hui Gao et al.   STEM CELLS

Characterization of Long-Term Cultured c-kit+ Cardiac Stem Cells Derived From Adult Rat Hearts

(2009) Shinka Miyamoto et al.   STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT

VEGF is critical for stem cell-mediated cardioprotection and a crucial paracrine factor for defining the age threshold in adult and neonatal stem cell function

(2008) Troy A. Markel et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Regulating RISK: a role for JAK-STAT signaling in postconditioning?

(2008) Michael D. Goodman et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Mechanisms of Sex Differences in TNFR2-Mediated Cardioprotection

(2008) M. Wang et al.   CIRCULATION

Stromal Cell–Derived Factor-1α Is Cardioprotective After Myocardial Infarction

(2008) Ankur Saxena et al.   CIRCULATION