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How to utilize Ca²⁺ signals to rejuvenate the repairative phenotype of senescent endothelial progenitor cells in elderly patients affected by cardiovascular diseases: a useful therapeutic support of surgical approach?
BMC surgery - 1 Jan 2013
Moccia Francesco, Dragoni Silvia, Cinelli Mariapia, Montagnani Stefania, Amato Bruno, Rosti Vittorio, Guerra Germano, Tanzi Franco
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Endothelial dysfunction or loss is the early event that leads to a host of severe cardiovascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis, hypertension, brain stroke, myocardial infarction, and peripheral artery disease. Ageing is regarded among the most detrimental risk factor for vascular endothelium and predisposes the subject to atheroscleorosis and inflammatory states even in absence of traditional comorbid...
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