Circulating smooth muscle progenitor cells in atherosclerosis and plaque rupture: Current perspective and methods of analysis

Vascular Pharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 11-20

  Bentzon, Jacob F ^a   Falk, Erling ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Progenitor cells; Smooth muscle cells; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CONFUSION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; THEORY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; PATHOLOGY; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; STEM CELLS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

EID: 76049107825     PISSN: 15371891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2009.11.005     Document Type: Review

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