About the Authors

Yue Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Yue Zhang, Wenzhong Li, Gustav Steinhoff, Nan Ma

Affiliation Reference- and Translation Center for Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Wenzhong Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Yue Zhang, Wenzhong Li, Gustav Steinhoff, Nan Ma

wenzhong.li@med.uni-rostock.de

Affiliations Reference- and Translation Center for Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany, Center for Biomaterial Development and Berlin Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Teltow, Germany

Lailiang Ou

Affiliation Reference- and Translation Center for Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Weiwei Wang

Affiliations Reference- and Translation Center for Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany, Center for Biomaterial Development and Berlin Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Teltow, Germany

Evgenya Delyagina

Affiliation Reference- and Translation Center for Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Cornelia Lux

Affiliation Reference- and Translation Center for Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Heiko Sorg

Affiliation Department for Plastic, Hand, and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Kristina Riehemann

Affiliation Center for Nanotechnology und Physikalisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany

Gustav Steinhoff

Contributed equally to this work with: Yue Zhang, Wenzhong Li, Gustav Steinhoff, Nan Ma

Affiliation Reference- and Translation Center for Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Nan Ma

Contributed equally to this work with: Yue Zhang, Wenzhong Li, Gustav Steinhoff, Nan Ma

Affiliations Reference- and Translation Center for Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany, Center for Biomaterial Development and Berlin Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Teltow, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WL. Performed the experiments: YZ WL LO NM. Analyzed the data: YZ WL LO NM WW ED CL HS GS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KR. Wrote the paper: YZ WL NM.