Conference Presentations

Abstract Oral Presentations

  1. Chen CW, “The Paracrine Mechanism of Anti-fibrotic and Anti-inflammatory Effects of Human Perivascular Stem Cells”, the 9th Annual Meeting of International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), June 15-18, 2011, Toronto, Canada.
  2. Chen CW, “Human Pericytes: The Anti-fibrotic, Anti-inflammatory, and Angiogenic Roles for the Treatment of Myocardial Infarction”, the 2nd Midwest Conference on Stem Cell Biology and Therapy, October 5-7, 2012, Rochester, MI, USA.
  3.  Chen WCW, “Treating Ischemic Heart Disease with Blood-Vessel-Derived Stem Cells from Human Skeletal Muscle”, the 1st AFIRM WFPC Workshop in Enabling Technologies, February 4-5, 2013, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
  4.  Chen WCW, “Human Perivascular Stem Cells for Post-infarction Myocardial Repair and Regeneration”, the 6th Pan Pacific Symposium on Stem Cells and Cancer Research, April 13-15, 2013, Hsinchu, Taiwan
  5.  Chen WCW, “Human Heart Pericytes: Resident Multi-lineage Precursor Cells Exhibiting Cardiac Specificity”, the 7th Pan Pacific Symposium on Stem Cells and Cancer Research, April 12-14, 2014, Taichung, Taiwan
  6. Chen WCW, “Human Muscle-Derived Stem Cells Prevent Cardiac Dysfunction in the Aging Dystrophic Heart”, the 17th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT), May 21-24, 2014, Washington DC, USA.
  1. Chen WCW, “Controlled Delivery of Angiogenic Factor FGF2 and Immunomodulatory Cytokine IL-10 Cocktail by Heparin-based Coacervate Synergistically Enhances Ischemic Heart Repair”, the 4th World Congress of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS), September 8-11, 2015, Boston, MA, USA.
  2. Chen WCW, “Decellularized Zebrafish Heart Extracellular Matrix Promotes Myocardial Regeneration in Adult Mammals”, the 4th Boston Taiwanese Biotechnology Symposium, July 16-17, 2016, Cambridge, MA, USA.
  3. Chen WCW, “Regenerating Infarcted Adult Mammalian Myocardium with Decellularized Zebrafish Cardiac Extracellular Matrix”, the Gordon Research Conference on Tissue Repair & Regeneration, June 4-9, 2017, New London, NH, USA

Abstract Poster Presentations (underlines indicate the presenter; ＊ indicate equal contribution)

  1. Chen CW, Okada M, Tobita K, Crisan M, Huard J, Péault B, Transplantation of Human Skeletal Muscle-Derived Pericytes Improves Cardiac Function After Acute Myocardial Infarction, 6th Annual Meeting of International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), June 11-14, 2008, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  2. Chen CW, Okada M, Tobita K, Péault B, Huard J, Regenerative Medicine for Cardiac Repair Based on Human Skeletal Muscle-derived Pericytes, 31th Meeting of the North American Section of the International Society for Heart Research (ISHR), May 26-29, 2009, Baltimore, MD, USA.
  3. Chen CW, Okada M, Tobita K, Crisan M, Huard J, Péault B, Cardiac Repair with Human Skeletal Muscle-derived Pericytes, 7th Annual Meeting of International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), July 8-11, 2009, Barcelona, Spain.
  4. Chen CW, Okada M, Tobita K, Péault B, Huard J, Regenerative Medicine for Myocardial Infarction Using Perivascular Stem Cells, 2nd World Congress of The Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS), August 31- September 3, 2009, Seoul, Korea.
  5. Chen CW, Corselli M, Sun B, Huard J, Péault B, Heart Perivascular Cells: Mesodermal Progenitors within the Human Myocardium, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Symposium on Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine, October 14-15, 2009, Bethesda, MD, USA.
  6. Chen CW, Okada M, Tobita K, Péault B, Huard J, Purified Human Muscle-Derived Pericytes Support Formation of Vascular Structures and Promote Angiogenesis after Myocardial Infarction, American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2009, November 14-18, 2009, Orlando, FL, USA.
  7. Chen CW, Okada M, Tobita K, Crisan M, Péault B, Huard J, Transplantation of Purified Human Skeletal Muscle-derived Pericytes Reduce Fibrosis in Injured Ischemic Muscle Tissues, 56th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS), March 6-9, 2010, New Orleans, LA, USA.
  8. Chen CW, Corselli M, Sun B, Huard J, Péault B, Multi-lineage Mesodermal Progenitors within Human Myocardium, XXth World Congress of the international Society for Heart Research (ISHR), May 13-16, 2010, Kyoto, Japan.
  9. Chen CW, Okada M, Tobita K, Péault B, Huard J, Angiogenic and Perivascular Homing Capacites of Purified Human Skeletal Muscle Pericytes Promote Functional Recovery After Myocardial Infarction, 8th Annual Meeting of International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), June 16-19, 2010, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  10. Chen CW, Corselli M, Okada M, Crisan M, Tobita K, Péault B, Huard J, The Anti-fibrotic and Anti-inflammatory Potentials of Purified Human Perivascular Stem Cells for the Treatment of Myocardial Infarction, American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2010, November 13-17, 2010, Chicago, IL, USA.
  11. Chen CW＊, Zheng B＊, Li GH, Thompson SD, Poddar M, Péault B, Huard J, Isolation of Early Myogenic Precursors from Cultures of Cryopreserved Human Skeletal Muscle, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Symposium on Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine, October 4-5, 2011, Bethesda, MD, USA.
  12. Chen CW＊, Zheng B＊, Li GH, Thompson SD, Poddar M, Péault B, Huard J, Muscle Regeneration Using Myogenic Stem Cells Purified from Cryogenically Banked Cultures of Adult Human Skeletal Muscle, “Science 2011” Conference, October 6-7, 2011, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
  13. Chen CW, Okada M, Proto J, Gao X, Sekiya N, Corselli M, Crisan M, Tobita K, Péault B, Huard J, Human Pericytes for the Treatment of Ischemic Heart Disease, Keystone Symposia Regenerative Tissue Engineering and Transplantation, April 1-6, 2012, Breckenridge, CO, USA.
  14. Chen CW, Corselli M, Baily JE, Sun B, Péault B, Huard J, Human Cardiac Pericytes: Multipotent Mesodermal Progenitors within the Myocardium Exhibiting Tissue Specificity in Myogenesis, 10th Annual Meeting of International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), June 13-16, 2012, Yokohama, Japan.
  15. Chen WCW, Lee BG, Kim K, Huard J, Wang Y, Intramyocardial administration of Interleukin-10 improves cardiac function and reduces chronic inflammation following myocardial infarction with a dose-dependent effect, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Symposium on Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine, September 25-26, 2013, Bethesda, MD, USA.
  16. Chen WCW, Gao X, Lu A, Yessenov T, Saparov A, Huard J, Intraperitoneal administration of human muscle-derived stem cells prevents cardiac dysfunction in the aging dystrophic heart, Keystone Symposia Heart Disease and Regeneration: Insights from Development, March 1-6, 2015, Copper Mountain, CO, USA.
  17. Chen WCW, Baily JE, Corselli M, Diaz ME, Sun B, Xiang G, Gray GA, Péault B, Huard J, Perivascular Multipotent Precursor Cells within Human Myocardium Exhibit Cardiac-Specific Functional and Developmental Capacities, Keystone Symposia Cell Biology of the Heart: Beyond the Myocyte-Centric View, March 1-6, 2015, Copper Mountain, CO, USA.
  18. Chen WCW*, Wang Z*, Missinato MA, Park DW, Long DW, Liu HJ, Zeng X, Yates NA, Kim K, Wang Y, Decellularized Zebrafish Heart Extracellular Matrix Regenerates Adult Mammalian Myocardium after Myocardial Infarction, Keystone Symposia Molecular Mechanisms of Heart Development, March 26-30, 2017, Keystone, CO, USA.