Endothelial progenitor cells: Unexpected disclosures

Circulation Research

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 299-301

  Leri, Annarosa ^a   Kajstura, Jan ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Myocardial regeneration; Stem cells; Vasculogenesis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BMI 1 PROTEIN; CD133 ANTIGEN; CD14 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CELL PROTEIN; LIPOSOME; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN P16INK4A; PROTEIN P19; TELOMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ADIPOCYTE; ANGIOGENESIS; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL RENEWAL; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; EDITORIAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE REPRESSION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANTIGENS, CD14; ANTIGENS, CD34; BLOOD VESSELS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PHENOTYPE; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 24044508900     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000179774.56498.d2     Document Type: Editorial

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