Endothelial progenitor cell senescence is accelerated in both experimental hypertensive rats and patients with essential hypertension

Imanishi, Toshio; Moriwaki, Chizu; Hano, Takuzo; Nishio, Ichiro

doi:10.1097/01.hjh.0000183524.73746.1b

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Endothelial progenitor cell senescence is accelerated in both experimental hypertensive rats and patients with essential hypertension

Published in Journal of Hypertension • Sep 13, 2005

Authors:

Toshio Imanishi

Chizu Moriwaki

Takuzo Hano

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Recent studies have revealed an association between coronary risk factors and both the number and function of bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs). Although hypertension is an important coronary risk factor, the influence to the EPCs is not fully understood. We investi...

Subject

Medicine

Senescence

Progenitor cell

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