Stem cells and transplant arteriosclerosis

Circulation Research

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1011-1024

  Xu, Qingbo ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Common progenitors; Endothelial progenitors; Smooth muscle progenitors; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; BONE MARROW; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL REGENERATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STEM CELL; TISSUE REPAIR;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 43449095311     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.108.171488     Document Type: Review

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