Endothelial progenitor cells and exercise-induced redox regulation

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 997-1011

  Moebius Winkler, Sven ^a   Schuler, Gerhard ^a   Adams, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; EXTRACELLULAR SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE 1; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANGIOGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXERCISE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEART FAILURE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION;

BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 79960401765     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: 15577716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ars.2010.3734     Document Type: Review

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