Dual Delivery of Hepatocyte and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors via a Protease-Degradable Hydrogel Improves Cardiac Function in Rats

Maleimide Cross-Linked Bioactive PEG Hydrogel Exhibits Improved Reaction Kinetics and Cross-Linking for Cell Encapsulation and In Situ Delivery

(2011) Edward A. Phelps et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Human cardiosphere-seeded gelatin and collagen scaffolds as cardiogenic engineered bioconstructs

(2011) Isotta Chimenti et al.   BIOMATERIALS

The beneficial effects of deferred delivery on the efficiency of hydrogel therapy post myocardial infarction

(2011) Karen Kadner et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2012 Update

(2011) et al.   CIRCULATION

Molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in cardiac remodeling after acute myocardial infarction

(2011) Gemma Vilahur et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY

Increased Infarct Wall Thickness by a Bio-Inert Material Is Insufficient to Prevent Negative Left Ventricular Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction

(2011) Aboli A. Rane et al.   PLoS One

hHGF Overexpression in Myoblast Sheets Enhances Their Angiogenic Potential in Rat Chronic Heart Failure

(2011) Antti Siltanen et al.   PLoS One

Cardiac myocyte force development during differentiation and maturation

(2010) Jeffrey G. Jacot et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Factors Released from Embryonic Stem Cells Stimulate c-kit-FLK-1+ve Progenitor Cells and Enhance Neovascularization

(2010) Sumbul Fatma et al.   ANTIOXIDANTS & REDOX SIGNALING

Combination of Injectable Multiple Growth Factor–Releasing Scaffolds and Cell Therapy as an Advanced Modality to Enhance Tissue Neovascularization

(2010) Jaimy Saif et al.   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

The effects of controlled HGF delivery from an affinity-binding alginate biomaterial on angiogenesis and blood perfusion in a hindlimb ischemia model

(2010) Emil Ruvinov et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Enhanced proteolytic degradation of molecularly engineered PEG hydrogels in response to MMP-1 and MMP-2

(2010) J. Patterson et al.   BIOMATERIALS

SPARC-derived protease substrates to enhance the plasmin sensitivity of molecularly engineered PEG hydrogels

(2010) J. Patterson et al.   BIOMATERIALS

The promotion of myocardial repair by the sequential delivery of IGF-1 and HGF from an injectable alginate biomaterial in a model of acute myocardial infarction

(2010) Emil Ruvinov et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Biomimetic matrices for myocardial stabilization and stem cell transplantation

(2010) Samuel T. Wall et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

Mesenchymal stem cell conditioned media attenuates in vitro and ex vivo myocardial reperfusion injury

(2010) Denis Angoulvant et al.   JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION

Bioartificial matrices for therapeutic vascularization

(2010) Edward A. Phelps et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Injectable hydrogel properties influence infarct expansion and extent of postinfarction left ventricular remodeling in an ovine model

(2010) J. L. Ifkovits et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Delivering Regenerative Cues to the Heart: Cardiac Drug Delivery by Microspheres and Peptide Nanofibers

(2010) Jay C. Sy et al.   Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research

Transplantation of adipose-derived stem cells overexpressing hHGF into cardiac tissue

(2009) Xiao-Yu Zhu et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Coadministration of Adenoviral Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Angiopoietin-1 Enhances Vascularization and Reduces Ventricular Remodeling in the Infarcted Myocardium of Type 1 Diabetic Rats

(2009) S. M. Samuel et al.   DIABETES

Vascular endothelial growth factor promotes cardiac stem cell migration via the PI3K/Akt pathway

(2009) Junming Tang et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Cardiomyocyte VEGFR-1 activation by VEGF-B induces compensatory hypertrophy and preserves cardiac function after myocardial infarction

(2009) Lorena Zentilin et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Sustained Release of Multiple Growth Factors from Injectable Polymeric System as a Novel Therapeutic Approach Towards Angiogenesis

(2009) Qinghua Sun et al.   PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH

c-Kit Function Is Necessary for In Vitro Myogenic Differentiation of Bone Marrow Hematopoietic Cells

(2009) Munira Xaymardan et al.   STEM CELLS

Substrate Stiffness Affects the Functional Maturation of Neonatal Rat Ventricular Myocytes

(2008) Jeffrey G. Jacot et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Therapeutic angiogenesis using naked DNA expressing two isoforms of the hepatocyte growth factor in a porcine acute myocardial infarction model☆

(2008) Kwang Ree Cho et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

Characterization of the paracrine effects of human skeletal myoblasts transplanted in infarcted myocardium

(2008) Maitane Perez-Ilzarbe et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE

Sustained release of a p38 inhibitor from non-inflammatory microspheres inhibits cardiac dysfunction

(2008) Jay C. Sy et al.   NATURE MATERIALS