VE-Cadherinlow.ALPHA.-Smooth Muscle Actin+ Component of Vascular Progenitor Cells Correlates With the Coronary Artery Gensini Score
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VE-Cadherin(low)α-smooth muscle actin+ component of vascular progenitor cells correlates with the coronary artery Gensini score.
BACKGROUND Vascular progenitor cells (VPCs) are a heterogeneous population, containing a subpopulation co-expressing both endothelial and smooth muscle phenotypes. This study sought to determine whether the level of this subpopulation correlated with the coronary Gensini score. METHODS AND RESULTS VPCs were cultivated in 50 patients undergoing coronary angiography. A subpopulation of VPCs exp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1346-9843,1347-4820
DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-11-0739