TY - JOUR
T1 - Hepatocyte growth factor/met gene transfer in cardiac stem cells-potential for cardiac repair
AU - Madonna, Rosalinda
AU - Rokosh, Gregg
AU - De Caterina, Raffaele
AU - Bolli, Roberto
N1 - Funding Information:
The original studies here reported were supported by National Institutes of Health grants R01 HL55757, HL-70897, HL-76794, and HL78825 (to R. Bolli); and grants by the Italian Ministry of Research and Scientific Research and the Istituto Italiano Ricerche Cardiovascolari (to Prof. R. De Caterina).
PY - 2010/7
Y1 - 2010/7
N2 - The adult heart has been recently recognized as a self-renewing organ that contains a pool of committed resident cardiac stem cells (CSCs) and cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs). These adult CSCs and CPCs can be induced by cytokines and growth factors to migrate, differentiate, and proliferate in situ and potentially replace lost cardiomyocytes. Ligand-receptor systems, such as the tyrosine kinase receptor mesenchymal-epithelial transition factor (Met) and its ligand hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), are potential candidates for boosting migration, engraftment and commitment of CSCs. Here, we discuss the possible application of HGF/Met gene therapy to enhance the ability of CSCs to promote myocardial regeneration.
AB - The adult heart has been recently recognized as a self-renewing organ that contains a pool of committed resident cardiac stem cells (CSCs) and cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs). These adult CSCs and CPCs can be induced by cytokines and growth factors to migrate, differentiate, and proliferate in situ and potentially replace lost cardiomyocytes. Ligand-receptor systems, such as the tyrosine kinase receptor mesenchymal-epithelial transition factor (Met) and its ligand hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), are potential candidates for boosting migration, engraftment and commitment of CSCs. Here, we discuss the possible application of HGF/Met gene therapy to enhance the ability of CSCs to promote myocardial regeneration.
KW - Cardiac progenitor cells
KW - Cardiac repair
KW - Cardiac stem cells
KW - Cell-based therapy
KW - Gene therapy
KW - Hepatocyte growth factor
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U2 - 10.1007/s00395-010-0102-7
DO - 10.1007/s00395-010-0102-7
M3 - Review article
C2 - 20393738
AN - SCOPUS:77953120266
SN - 0300-8428
VL - 105
SP - 443
EP - 452
JO - Basic Research in Cardiology
JF - Basic Research in Cardiology
IS - 4
ER -