Potential use of endothelial progenitor cells for regeneration of the vasculature

Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-27

  Yamahara, Kenichi ^a   Itoh, Hiroshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Cardiovascular diseases; Endothelium; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL RENEWAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PERFUSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67849087386     PISSN: 17539447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753944708097728     Document Type: Review

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