Editorial: Hard luck stories: The reality of endothelial progenitor cells continues to fall short of the promise

Circulation

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 850-852

  Deb, Arjun ^a   Patterson, Cam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Atherosclerosis; Editorials; Endothelium

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BONE MARROW CELL; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENETIC MARKER; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; NOTE; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD34; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; STEM CELLS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 77649121571     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e3181d4c360     Document Type: Editorial

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