Hyaluronan Mixed Esters of Butyric and Retinoic Acid Affording Myocardial Survival and Repair without Stem Cell Transplantation

Received for publication, November 20, 2009, and in revised form, January 15, 2010 Published, JBC Papers in Press, January 22, 2010, DOI 10.1074/jbc.M109.087254
Vincenzo Lionetti, Silvia Cantoni, Claudia Cavallini
, Francesca Bianchi
, Sabrina Valente, Irene Frascari
,
Elena Olivi
, Giovanni D. Aquaro, Francesca Bonavita, Ignazio Scarlata, Margherita Maioli, Valentina Vaccari
,
Riccardo Tassinari
, Antonietta Bartoli, Fabio A. Recchia, Gianandrea Pasquinelli, and Carlo Ventura
From the Sector of Medicine, Scuola Superiore S. Anna, I-56124 Pisa, Italy, the Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Stem Cell
Engineering, Cardiovascular Department-National Institute of Biostructures and Biosystems, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital,
University of Bologna, I-40138 Bologna, Italy, the
Bioscience Institute, RSM-47891 Falciano, Republic of San Marino, the §Institute
of Clinical Physiology, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Fondazione G. Monasterio, I-56124 Pisa, Italy, the ‡‡Department of
Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, I-07100 Sassari, Italy, the §§Department of Physics, University of Pisa, I-56124 Pisa, Italy,
the Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595, and the **Department of Hematology,
Oncology, and Clinical Pathology, University of Bologna, I-40138 Bologna, Italy