Article
Vascular repair by endothelial progenitor cells.
Cardiovascular research - 1 Jun 2008
Zampetaki Anna, Kirton John Paul, Xu Qingbo
Abstract excerpt
Accumulating evidence indicates the impact of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in vascular repair. In patients, the number of EPCs is negatively correlated with the severity of atherosclerosis. In various animal models, transplantation of bone marrow-derived progenitor cells could sufficiently rescue organ function and enhance vascular repair and tissue regeneration. Increase in the number of circulating...
Topics
- Animals
- Atherosclerosis
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Lineage
- Cell Movement
- Cell Proliferation
- Endothelial Cells
- Humans
- Neovascularization, Pathologic
- Phenotype
- Regeneration
