From bench to bedside: What physicians need to know about endothelial progenitor cells

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 489-497

  Matthias, Mayr ^a   David, Niederseer ^a   Josef, Niebauer ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Endothelial progenitor cells; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GELATINASE B; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; BED; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; ENDURANCE TRAINING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION;

ANTIBODIES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOKINE CXCL12; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 79957518664     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.01.015     Document Type: Review

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