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 ,Revised 15 October 2009 ,Accepted 3 November 2009.

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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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