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Smooth-muscle progenitor cells isolated from patients with moyamoya disease: novel experimental cell model.
Journal of neurosurgery - 1 Feb 2014
Kang Hyun-Seung, Moon Youn-Joo, Kim Young-Yim, Park Woong-Yang, Park Ae Kyung, Wang Kyu-Chang, Kim Jeong Eun, Phi Ji Hoon, Lee Ji Yeoun, Kim Seung-Ki
Abstract excerpt
OBJECT: Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a cerebrovascular occlusive disease affecting bilateral internal carotid termini. Smooth-muscle cells are one of the major cell types involved in this disease process. The characteristics of circulating smooth-muscle progenitor cells (SPCs) in MMD are poorly understood. The authors purified SPCs from the peripheral blood of patients with MMD and sought to identify differentially...
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