About the Authors
- Ralf Gaebel
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Affiliation Reference and Translation Center for Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy (RTC), Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
- Dario Furlani
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Affiliation Reference and Translation Center for Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy (RTC), Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
- Heiko Sorg
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Affiliation Reference and Translation Center for Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy (RTC), Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
- Bianca Polchow
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Affiliation Reference and Translation Center for Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy (RTC), Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
- Johannes Frank
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Affiliation Reference and Translation Center for Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy (RTC), Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
- Karen Bieback
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Affiliation Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunology, German Red Cross Blood Service of Baden-Württemberg-Hessen, Mannheim, Germany
- Weiwei Wang
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Affiliation Reference and Translation Center for Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy (RTC), Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
- Christian Klopsch
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Affiliation Reference and Translation Center for Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy (RTC), Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
- Lee-Lee Ong
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Affiliation Reference and Translation Center for Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy (RTC), Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
- Wenzhong Li
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* E-mail: wenzhong.li@med.uni-rostock.de (WL); nan.ma@med.uni-rostock.de (NM)
Affiliation Reference and Translation Center for Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy (RTC), Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
- Nan Ma
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Contributed equally to this work with: Nan Ma, Gustav Steinhoff
* E-mail: wenzhong.li@med.uni-rostock.de (WL); nan.ma@med.uni-rostock.de (NM)
Affiliation Reference and Translation Center for Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy (RTC), Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
- Gustav Steinhoff
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Contributed equally to this work with: Nan Ma, Gustav Steinhoff
Affiliation Reference and Translation Center for Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy (RTC), Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: WL NM GS. Performed the experiments: RG DF BP JF WW LLO WL NM. Analyzed the data: RG DF BP JF WL NM GS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KB CK. Wrote the paper: RG DF HS WL NM. Performed statistical analysis: RG DF WL NM.