Cardioprotective c-kit+ cells are from the bone marrow and regulate the myocardial balance of angiogenic cytokines.

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Published in J Clin Invest on July 01, 2006

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Shafie Fazel1, Massimo Cimini, Liwen Chen, Shuhong Li, Denis Angoulvant, Paul Fedak, Subodh Verma, Richard D Weisel, Armand Keating, Ren-Ke Li

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1: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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