“… 3 Preclinical studies conducted over the past 2 decades have evaluated the regenerative potential of multiple cell types. These include myoblasts, 4 , 5 , 6 bone marrow (BM) mononuclear cells, 7 , 8 mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), 9 , 10 and endogenous cardiac progenitors, such as c-kit + cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs), 11 sca1 + CPCs, 12 and cardiosphere-derived cells, 13 as well as embryonic stem cells (ESCs) 14 , 15 and induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-induced cardiomyocytes (CMs). 16 , 17 Decreased myocardial fibrosis, neovascularization, prevention of left-ventricle (LV) dilation, and enhancement of local cardiac contractility have been successively described for stem cells of different origins, 18 , 19 , 20 leading to rapid progression to clinical trials for a subset of these cell types.…”