Thymosin β4 reduces senescence of endothelial progenitor cells via the PI3K/Akt/eNOS signal transduction pathway

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 598-602

  Li, Juan ^a   Qiu, Fuyu ^a   Yu, Lu ^a   Zhao, Yanbo ^a   Fu, Guosheng ^a   Zhou, Binquan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cell senescence; Endothelial progenitor cell; Thymosin 4

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN D1; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P27; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; THYMOSIN BETA4; WORTMANNIN;

ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

ANDROSTADIENES; CELL AGING; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIN D1; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P21; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P27; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TELOMERASE; THYMOSIN;

EID: 84873858325     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2012.1180     Document Type: Article

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