Endothelial and cardiac progenitors: Boosting, conditioning and (re)programming for cardiovascular repair

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-61

  Pesce, Maurizio ^a   Burba, Ilaria ^a   Gambini, Elisa ^a   Prandi, Francesca ^a   Pompilio, Giulio ^a   Capogrossi, Maurizio C ^b  

^a CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^b LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell therapy; Heart repair; Risk factor; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE RECEPTOR; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B1 PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; ROSIGLITAZONE; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; TELMISARTAN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL HOMING; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENGRAFTMENT; EPIGENETICS; EX VIVO STUDY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 78650512263     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2010.10.003     Document Type: Review

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