... paracrine rolesZongwei Li, Hua Wei, Linzi Deng, Xiangfeng Cong and Xi ChenResearch Center for Cardiac Regenerative Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, ... proliferation and type I and III collagen expression, exerting paracrine anti-fibrotic effects.However, researchers did not analyse the active compo-nents of the conditioned medium [6]. Other researchershave ... wasreplaced every 48 h. The MSCs used in subsequent experi-ments had been passaged one to three times. All procedureswere approved by the Animal Care Committee of the Cardiovascular Institute and...