The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 1 , Pages 216-224.e4, July 2010

In vitro functional comparison of therapeutically relevant human vasculogenic progenitor cells used for cardiac cell therapy

  • Yan Zhang, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Y. Zhang and S. Wong contributed equally to this work.
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  • Serena Wong, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Y. Zhang and S. Wong contributed equally to this work.
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  • Jessica Laflèche, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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  • Suzanne Crowe

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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  • Thierry G. Mesana, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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  • Erik J. Suuronen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Marc Ruel, MD, MPH, and Erik J. Suuronen, Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin St, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4W7, Canada.
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  • Marc Ruel, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Marc Ruel, MD, MPH, and Erik J. Suuronen, Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin St, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4W7, Canada.

Received 30 June 2009; received in revised form 15 October 2009; accepted 3 November 2009. published online 18 February 2010.

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 Supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (to Drs Ruel and Suuronen, grant MOP-77536), by the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (to Dr Ruel, award 7346), and by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Doctoral Research Award (to Dr Zhang).

 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01471-8

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.11.016

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 1 , Pages 216-224.e4, July 2010

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