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Neoangiogenesis and the presence of progenitor cells in the venous limb of an arteriovenous fistula in the rat.
American journal of physiology. Renal physiology - 1 Aug 2007
Caplice Noel M, Wang Shaohua, Tracz Michal, Croatt Anthony J, Grande Joseph P, Katusic Zvonimir S, Nath Karl A
Abstract excerpt
Venous injury and attendant venous stenosis are major contributors to the failure of hemodialysis vascular accesses. This report describes the presence of neoangiogenesis in the intima and adventitia of the venous limb of an arteriovenous (AV) fistula in the rat, the latter induced by creating an aortocaval fistula. Immunohistochemistry of the venous limb demonstrated the presence of c-Kit-positive cells lining...
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