Green tea EGCG enhances cardiac function restoration through survival signaling 1 expression in DM rats with autologous adipose tissue-derived stem cells 2 3 Running head : Cross effect of EGCG and stem cells on diabetic cardiomyopathy 4 5

Green tea EGCG enhances cardiac function restoration through survival signaling 1 expression in DM rats with autologous adipose tissue-derived stem cells 2 3 Running head: Cross effect of EGCG and stem cells on diabetic cardiomyopathy 4 5 Tung-Sheng Chen, Show-Yih Liou, Chia-Hua Kuo, Lung-Fa Pan, Yu-Lan 6 Yeh, Jeffery Liou , V. Vijaya Padma, Chun-Hsu Yao, Wei-Wen Kuo*, 7 Chih-Yang Huang* 8 9 1 Biomaterials Translational Research Center, China Medical University Hospital, 10 Taichung, Taiwan 40402 11 2 Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University, Taichung, 12 Taiwan 40402 13 Formosan Blood Purification Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan 10058 14 4 Department of Sports Sciences, University of Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan 10048 15 Division of Cardiology, Armed Force Taichung General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan 16 41152 17 Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences of Central Taiwan 18 University of Science and Technology, Taichung, Taiwan 40601 19 Department of Pathology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan 50006 20 Articles in PresS. J Appl Physiol (May 25, 2017). doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00471.2016