FACULTY
Gap Junction Channels and Functional Integration of Cardiac Replacement Tissue
Kathrin
Banach, PhD
Cardiac Differentiation of Bone Marrow-Derived
Stem Cells
David Geenen, PhD
Stem Cell Therapy in Heart Failure
Adhir Shroff, MD, FACC
Mladen Vidovich, MD, FACC
David
Geenen, PhD
Center for Regenerative Medicine
At the University of Illinois at Chicago's Center for Regenerative Medicine in Cardiology,
our mission is to explore the developmental and functional properties of cardiac
muscle through the use of embryonic and adult stem cells. We will extend our basic
science results to preclinical studies in animal models of cardiovascular disease
with defined therapeutic outcomes. Our goal is to develop clinical trials that translate
our preclinical research into safe and effective ways of treating cardiovascular
disease in our patients.
Basic Research
Tissue graft cardiac cell replacement
Stem cell homing and engraftment
Proliferation
and differentiation of cardiac stem cells
Intercellular communication between embryonic-derived
cardiac cells
Clinical Research
Autologous intracoronary transplantation of bone marrow-mobilized
stem cells
