482 - TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANTLY TO VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION AND REMODELING FOLLOWING AORTIC BANDING
M Sun, MY Chen, F Dawood, P Liu
Toronto, Ontario

483 - TREATMENT OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION WITH MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS OVEREXPRESSING AKT LIMITS INFARCT SIZE AND PREVENTS CARDIAC DYSFUNCTION AS EARLY AS 72 HOURS AFTER INJECTION
M Gnecchi, H He, N Noiseux, L Zhang, LG Melo, RE Pratt, JS Ingwall, VJ Dzau
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

484 - COLLAGEN DEGRADATION IS ESSENTIAL FOR EFFECTIVE FIBROTIC REPAIR FOLLOWING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Z Nong, C O’Neil, M Lei, Q Feng, JG Pickering
London, Ontario

485 - ROLE OF TIMP-3 IN CARDIAC REMODELING AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
H Tian, PW Fedak, S Altamentova, AP Wong, RD Weisel, DA Mickle, TW Wu, R Khokha, RK Li
Toronto, Ontario

486 - DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF LOSARTAN ON MYOCARDIAL HYPERTROPHY AND MYOSIN ISOFORM EXPRESSION AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN RATS
ML Zhang, AW Davidoff, K Saito, S Elkassem, H ter Keurs
Calgary, Alberta

487 - REGENERATIVE HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS ARE RECRUITED TO THE HEART AFTER INFARCTION BY STEM CELL FACTOR
S Fazel, L Chen, RD Weisel, D Angoulvant, PW Fedak, S Verma, TM Yau, RK Li
Toronto, Ontario