Article
Endothelial progenitor cells: precursors for angiogenesis.
Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery - 1 Jul 2003
Khurana Rohit, Simons Michael
Abstract excerpt
The presence of endothelial progenitor cells has been demonstrated in the bone marrow and systemic circulation of adults, thus raising the possibility of a novel strategy to induce therapeutic angiogenesis for ischemic arterial disease. Successful incorporation into sites of actively occurring angiogenesis in numerous animal models has accelerated the enthusiasm for exploiting their therapeutic capacity in humans...
Topics
- Adult
- Animals
- Bone Marrow
- Coronary Disease
- Endothelium
- Extremities
- Humans
- Ischemia
- Neovascularization, Physiologic
- Phenotype
- Stem Cell Transplantation
- Stem Cells
