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New strategies for improving stem cell therapy in ischemic heart disease

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Stem cell therapy is a promising approach to the treatment of ischemic heart disease via replenishing cell loss after myocardial infarction. Both preclinical studies and clinical trials have indicated that cardiac function improved consistently, but very modestly after cell-based therapy. This mainly attributed to low cell survival rate, engraftment and functional integration, which became the major challenges to regenerative medicine. In recent years, several new cell types have been developed to regenerate cardiomyocytes and novel delivery approaches helped to increase local cell retention. New strategies, such as cell pretreatment, gene-based therapy, tissue engineering, extracellular vesicles application and immunologic regulation, have surged and brought about improved cell survival and functional integration leading to better therapeutic effects after cell transplantation. In this review, we summarize these new strategies targeting at challenges of cardiac regenerative medicine and discuss recent evidences that may hint their effectiveness in the future clinical settings.

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We appreciate the multiple contributions made by Yuan Yu at the China Oxford Centre for International Health Research in the realms of writing assistance and proof reading of the review. This study was supported by Grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81170129 to Yuejin Yang) and 863 Program of China (2011AA020110, 2013AA020101).

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Huang, P., Tian, X., Li, Q. et al. New strategies for improving stem cell therapy in ischemic heart disease. Heart Fail Rev 21, 737–752 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10741-016-9576-1

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