The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 134, Issue 1 , Pages 65-73.e4 , July 2007

Tissue regeneration observed in a basic fibroblast growth factor–loaded porous acellular bovine pericardium populated with mesenchymal stem cells

  • Yen Chang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Veterans General Hospital-Taichung and College of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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  • Po-Hong Lai, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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  • Hao-Ji Wei, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Veterans General Hospital-Taichung and College of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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  • Wei-Wen Lin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Veterans General Hospital-Taichung and Department of Life Science, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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  • Chun-Hung Chen, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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  • Shiaw-Min Hwang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Bioresource Collection and Research Center, Food Industry Research and Development Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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  • Sung-Ching Chen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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  • Hsing-Wen Sung, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Professor Hsing-Wen Sung, PhD, Department of Chemical Engineering/Bioengineering Program, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30013.

Received 10 November 2006 ,Revised 1 February 2007 ,Accepted 6 February 2007.

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 This work was supported by grants from the Ministry of Economic Affairs (94-EC-17A-17S1-0009) and the National Health Research Institute (NHRI-EX95-9518EI), Taiwan, ROC.

PII: S0022-5223(07)00373-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.02.019

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 134, Issue 1 , Pages 65-73.e4 , July 2007

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