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Peripheral blood "endothelial progenitor cells" are derived from monocyte/macrophages and secrete angiogenic growth factors.
Circulation - 4 Mar 2003
Rehman Jalees, Li Jingling, Orschell Christie M, March Keith L
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BACKGROUND: Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) have been isolated from peripheral blood and can enhance angiogenesis after infusion into host animals. It is not known whether the proangiogenic effects are a result of such events as endothelial differentiation and subsequent proliferation of EPCs or secondary to secretion of angiogenic growth factors. METHODS AND RESULTS: Human EPCs were isolated as previously...
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