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Basic fibroblast growth factor is essential to maintain endothelial progenitor cell phenotype in TR-BME2 cells.
Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin - 1 Jan 2014
Sai Yoshimichi, Nishimura Tomohiro, Muta Mariko, Iizasa Hisashi, Miyata Takashi, Nakashima Emi
Abstract excerpt
Endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) can differentiate into both endothelial cells and contractile smooth muscle cells (SMC). Previously we reported that TR-BME2 cells, a model for EPC, developed contractile SMC-like characteristics in culture medium deprived of endothelial cell growth factors (ECGF). The aim of the present study was to clarify the effect of one of these factors, basic fibroblast growth factor...
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