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202 - MYOCARDIAL TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA EXPRESSION PROMOTES BONE MARROW STEM CELL HOMING AND CARDIOMYOCYTE REGENERATION POST MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
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203 - ANTI-APOPTOTIC STRATEGIES ENHANCED CELL ENGRAFTMENT AND IMPROVED HEART FUNCTION AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND CELL TRANSPLANTATION
Y Nakamura, T Yasuda, RD Weisel, TM Yau, DA Mickle, RK Li
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204 - ADULT MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS GENETICALLY ENGINEERED TO OVEREXPRESS Akt EXHIBIT IMPROVED RESISTANCE TO APOPTOSIS, GLUCOSE METABOLISM, AND ANGIOGENIC POTENTIAL
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA

205 - THE ROLE OF STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR IN CARDIAC REMODELING AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
S Fazel, D Angoulvant, RD Weisel, PW Fedak, S Verma, TM Yau, RK Li
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206 - CD34 EXPRESSION AND VASCULAR PLASTICITY OF MARROW STROMAL CELLS
K Sharma, L Lejeune, N Eliopoulous, K Lachapelle, J Galipeau
Montreal, Quebec