Endothelial progenitor cells are associated with plasma homocysteine in coronary artery disease

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 773-777

  Huang, Chaoyang ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Wang, Zhankun ^a   Pan, Huiyun ^a   Zhu, Jianhua ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Endothelial progenitor cell; Homocysteine

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MIGRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STEM CELLS;

EID: 83755183872     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.66.6.2136962     Document Type: Article

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