title: Improvement in cardiac function with small intestine extracellular matrix is associated with recruitment of C-kit cells, myofibroblasts, and macrophages after myocardial infarction.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah, Georgia. Electronic address: zhao_z@mercer.edu.
authors.forename: Zhi-Qing
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Research Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Carlyle Fraser Heart Center/Crawford Long Hospital, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Puskas
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Research Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Carlyle Fraser Heart Center/Crawford Long Hospital, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Di
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah, Georgia.
authors.forename: Ning-Ping
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Research Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Carlyle Fraser Heart Center/Crawford Long Hospital, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mosunjac
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Research Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Carlyle Fraser Heart Center/Crawford Long Hospital, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Guyton
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Research Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Carlyle Fraser Heart Center/Crawford Long Hospital, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Jakob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vinten-Johansen
authors.affiliation: CorMatrix Cardiovascular, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matheny
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000502:physiology*; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008264:Macrophages; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling