CPCs	Cardiac progenitor cells
DM	Diabetes Mellitus
DMEM	Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium
eNOS	Endothelial nitric oxide synthase
FBS	Fetal bovine serum
FITC	Fluorescein isothiocyanate
hFGF-B	Human fibroblast growth factor-B
IGF-1	Insulin growth factor-1
IHD	Ischemic heart disease
mRNA	Messenger ribonucleic acid
MI	myocardial infarction
MSCs	Mesenchymal stem cells
PBS	Phosphate buffered saline
PCR	Polymerase chain reaction
PDGF-BB	Platelet-derived growth factor-BB
rhEGF	Recombinant human epidermal growth factor
RNA	Ribonucleic acid
SMA	Smooth muscle actin
TRITC	Tetramethylrhodamine
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor