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Phenotypic assessment of endothelial microparticles in patients with heart failure and after heart transplantation: switch from cell activation to apoptosis.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation - 1 Dec 2005
Garcia Santiago, Chirinos Julio, Jimenez Javier, Del Carpio Muñoz Freddy, Canoniero Mariana, Jy Wenchy, Jimenez Joaquin, Horstman Lawrence, Ahn Yeon
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BACKGROUND: Endothelial microparticles (EMPs) are sub-microscopic membrane vesicles that are shed from the surface of endothelial cells during activation, injury and/or apoptosis. Endothelial cells release phenotypically and quantitatively distinct endothelial microparticles (EMPs) in activation and apoptosis. Therefore, the phenotypic assessment of EMPs can provide useful information reflecting the nature of...
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