Dual Delivery of Hepatocyte and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors via a Protease-Degradable Hydrogel Improves Cardiac Function in Rats

• Apoorva S. Salimath ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Apoorva S. Salimath, Edward A. Phelps

  Affiliations Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Edward A. Phelps ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Apoorva S. Salimath, Edward A. Phelps

  Affiliations Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Archana V. Boopathy,

  Affiliations Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Pao-lin Che,

  Affiliations Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Milton Brown,

  Affiliations Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Andrés J. García,

  Affiliations Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Michael E. Davis

  * E-mail: michael.davis@bme.emory.edu

  Affiliations Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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