Effects of physical activity on endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs)

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 4 FEB, Issue , 2013, Pages

  De Biase, Chiara ^a   De Rosa, Roberta ^a   Luciano, Rossella ^a   De Luca, Stefania ^a   Capuano, Ernesto ^a   Trimarco, Bruno ^a   Galasso, Gennaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary artery disease; Endothelial progenitor cell; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; EXERCISE INTENSITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SHORT SURVEY; THERAPY EFFECT; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84901325808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00414     Document Type: Short Survey

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