Vascular disease is primarily the result of atherosclerosis which affects all layers of the adult
vessel wall. Our understanding of atherosclerosis has evolved over the past three decades; …

Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory process that selec-tively affects arteries and is highly
prevalent in both women and men. Thrombo-occlusive complications of atherosclerosis …

Vascular regeneration occurs throughout life as a dynamic process. Millions of new
endothelial cells are created with essentially the same number of cells undergoing …

Vascular progenitor cells have been the focus of much attention in recent years; both from
the point of view of their pathophysiological roles and their potential as therapeutic agents …

There has been much recent research into the therapeutic use of stem and progenitor cells
for various diseases. Alongside this, there has also been considerable interest in the normal …

Accumulating evidence indicates that the mobilization and recruitment of circulating or tissue-
resident progenitor cells that give rise to endothelial cells (ECs) and smooth muscle cells …

Exuberant accumulation of smooth muscle cells (SMCs) plays a principal role in the
pathogenesis of vascular diseases. It has been assumed that SMCs derived from the …

During the pathogenesis of arteriosclerosis, endothelial cells on the arterial wall damaged
by various means were initially thought to be replaced by replication of neighboring cells …

The mobilization and recruitment of bone marrow-derived, circulating or tissue resident
progenitor cells giving rise to smooth muscle-like cells have been implicated in neointima …

The identification of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in the adult human has forced us to
reconsider how new blood vessels grow in physiological and pathological conditions in the …