Vascular endothelial growth factor165 gene transfer augments circulating endothelial progenitor cells in human subjects

Circulation Research

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1198-1202

  Kalka, Christoph ^a   Masuda, Haruchika ^a   Takahashi, Tomono ^a   Gordon, Rebecca ^a   Tepper, Oren ^a   Gravereaux, Edwin ^a   Pieczek, Ann ^a   Iwaguro, Hideki ^a   Hayashi, Shin Ichiro ^a   Isner, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Asahara, Takayuki ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial progenitor cells; Gene therapy; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

EID: 0034705367     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.86.12.1198     Document Type: Article

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