Endothelial progenitor cells enter the aging arena

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 FEB, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Williamson, K ^a   Stringer, S E ^a   Alexander, M Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Endothelial progenitor cells; Estrogen; Nitric oxide; Oxidative stress; Senescence; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866282015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00030     Document Type: Short Survey

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