Extracorporeal cardiac shock wave stimulation enhances the therapeutic efficacy of intravenously delivered endothelial colony-forming cells via PI3K/AKT signaling in a rat myocardial infarction model.

Stem Cell Res Ther · 2026 · PMC12952025 · PMID 41622256

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Functional comparison under baseline conditions revealed that wild-type (SD) ECFCs exhibited a trend toward greater migratory and tube-forming capacities compared to ApoE -/- ECFCs, although this difference did not reach statistical significance (Supplementary Fig. 5A-D).

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