Symposium:               Stem Cells and the Modification of Vascular Functions

 

Track:                        Vascular Physiology

Sunday, 3:15 PM—5:15 PM, 30 D/E

Supported by:             Elsevier, Inc.

Chaired:                       Keith March

 

3:15 PM                      Cardiovascular therapeutics using adipose stromal cells: how fat could be good for vessels and new meanings of a heart-y meal. Keith March. Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ.

 

3:45 PM                      Endothelial progenitor cells: Classes and functional qualities of cells with therapeutic potential to supplement repair processes. Christopher Heeschen. Univ. of Munich.

 

4:15 PM                      Endothelial progenitor cells II: identification of a novel hierarchy of vascular progenitors based on proliferation. David Ingram. Indiana Univ Sch of Med.

 

4:45 PM                      The physiological promises of stem and progenitor cell-based therapies: cell types and their participation in building vasculature. William Chilian.