C-kit⁺VEGFR-2⁺ Mesenchymal Stem Cells Differentiate into Cardiovascular Cells and Repair Infarcted Myocardium after Transplantation

The authors isolated c-kit+VEGFR-2+ cells from rat bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), and assessed potential of c-kit+VEGFR-2+ MSCs to differentiate towards cardiovascular cells and their efficiency of repairing the infarcted myocardium after transplantation.