Increased Angiogenesis and Improved Left Ventricular Function after Transplantation of Myoblasts Lacking the MyoD Gene into Infarcted Myocardium

• Yasuhiro Nakamura,

  Affiliations Cardiovascular Division Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan

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• Yoko Asakura,

  Affiliations Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Paul and Sheila Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Center, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Bryan A. Piras,

  Affiliations Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Paul and Sheila Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Center, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Hiroyuki Hirai,

  Affiliations Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Paul and Sheila Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Center, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Christopher T. Tastad,

  Affiliations Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Paul and Sheila Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Center, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Mayank Verma,

  Affiliations Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Paul and Sheila Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Center, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Amanda J. Christ,

  Affiliations Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Paul and Sheila Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Center, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Jianyi Zhang,

  Affiliation Cardiovascular Division Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Takanori Yamazaki,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan

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• Minoru Yoshiyama,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan

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• Atsushi Asakura

  * E-mail: asakura@umn.edu

  Affiliations Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Paul and Sheila Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Center, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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