| abstract |
Disclosed is the use of a polyamine compound that binds to the chemokine receptor CXCR4 to prepare a medicament (a) for use in a method to obtain progenitor and/or stem cells from a subject which method comprises administering an amount of said medicament sufficient to mobilize progenitor and/or stem cells into the peripheral blood; followed by harvesting progenitor and/or stem cells, or (b) for use in a method to effect regeneration of cardiac tissue in a subject. |