Cardiac stem cells and methods of identifying and using the same
AssigneeVestion, Inc.
InventorsJoshua Hare, Konstantinos Chatzistergos
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Abstract
Methods of isolating cardiac cells, including cardiac cells capable of regenerating cardiac tissue are provided. Compositions comprising cardiac cells, including cardiac cells capable of regenerating cardiac tissue are also provided. Methods of using cardiac cells, cardiac progenitor cells, including cardiac cells capable of regenerating cardiac tissue, are provided. Methods of identifying the prognosis of patients treated for heart disease and/or methods of predicting the regeneration of cardiac cells in a subject are also provided.
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A method of treating a heart disease in a subject in need thereof comprising administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of isolated composition of cardiac progenitor cells, wherein the composition of cardiac progenitor cells comprises cardiac progenitor cells that are phosphorylated retinoblastoma protein positive.
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