Beneficial effects of statins on endothelial progenitor cells

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 344, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 220-226

  Liu, Ying ^a,c   Wei, Jun ^a   Hu, Shengying ^b   Hu, Linsen ^a  

^a THE FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE SECOND HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 8; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MICRORNA 222; ROSUVASTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PROTEIN PRENYLATION; SENESCENCE; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84865701919     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31824998f9     Document Type: Review

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