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Circulating endothelial progenitor cells characterization, function and relationship with cardiovascular risk factors.
Current pharmaceutical design - 1 Jan 2007
Balbarini A, Barsotti M C, Di Stefano R, Leone A, Santoni T
Abstract excerpt
Since the first description of putative progenitor endothelial cells mobilized from bone marrow by stimuli like ischemia and cytokines, several studies in animals have confirmed their role in neovascularization of ischemic organs. In ischemic myocardium endothelial progenitor cells can prevent cardiomyocyte apoptosis, reduce remodeling and improve cardiac function. These observations led to the hypothesis of...
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