Number and Migratory Activity of Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells Inversely Correlate With Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease

Vasa, Mariuca; Fichtlscherer, Stephan; Aicher, Alexandra; Adler, Klaudia; Urbich, Carmen; Martin, Hans; M. Zeiher, Andreas; Dimmeler, Stefanie

doi:10.1161/hh1301.093953

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Number and Migratory Activity of Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells Inversely Correlate With Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease

Published in Circulation Research • Jul 6, 2001

Authors:

Mariuca Vasa

Stephan Fichtlscherer

Alexandra Aicher

Abstract

Recent studies provide increasing evidence that postnatal neovascularization involves bone marrow-derived circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs). The regulation of EPCs in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) is unclear at present. Therefore, we determined the number and functional a...

Subject

CD34

Medicine

Coronary artery disease

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