Improvement in cardiac function with small intestine extracellular matrix is associated with recruitment of C-kit cells, myofibroblasts, and macrophages after myocardial infarction.
Zhao
Zhi-Qing
ZQ
Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah, Georgia. Electronic address: zhao_z@mercer.edu.
Puskas
John D
JD
Cardiothoracic Research Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Carlyle Fraser Heart Center/Crawford Long Hospital, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Xu
Di
D
Cardiothoracic Research Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Carlyle Fraser Heart Center/Crawford Long Hospital, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Wang
Ning-Ping
NP
Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah, Georgia.
Mosunjac
Mario
M
Cardiothoracic Research Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Carlyle Fraser Heart Center/Crawford Long Hospital, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Guyton
Robert A
RA
Cardiothoracic Research Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Carlyle Fraser Heart Center/Crawford Long Hospital, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Vinten-Johansen
Jakob
J
Cardiothoracic Research Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Carlyle Fraser Heart Center/Crawford Long Hospital, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Matheny
Robert
R
CorMatrix Cardiovascular, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia.
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