title: Direct contact of umbilical cord blood endothelial progenitors with living cardiac tissue is a requirement for vascular tube-like structures formation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology 'Nicolae Simionescu', Bucharest, Romania Institute for Neurophysiology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: Marilena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lupu
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khalil
authors.forename: Florin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Iordache
authors.forename: Eugen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Andrei
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pfannkuche
authors.forename: Dimitry
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Spitkovsky
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baumgartner
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rubach
authors.forename: Heba
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abdelrazik
authors.forename: Cosmin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Buzila
authors.forename: Konrad
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brockmeier
authors.forename: Maya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Simionescu
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hescheler
authors.forename: Horia
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maniu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000254:growth & development*; D002450:Cell Communication; D018920:Coculture Techniques; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000166:cytology*; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D051379:Mice; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014022:Tissue Survival; D014162:Transfection; D014841:von Willebrand Factor / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014841:von Willebrand Factor; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins