Endothelial Progenitor Cells: More Than an Inflammatory Response?

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 834-838

  Rabelink, Ton J ^a   De Boer, Hetty C ^a   De Koning, Eelco J P ^a   Van Zonneveld, Anton Jan ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Atherosclerosis; Endothelial progenitor

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL HIBERNATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STEM CELL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 2442442218     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000124891.57581.9f     Document Type: Short Survey

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