Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), one of the most common cancers worldwide, is often
diagnosed at an advanced stage when most potentially curative therapies such as resection …

The field of vascular biology has been stimulated by the concept that circulating endothelial
progenitor cells (EPCs) may play a role in neoangiogenesis (postnatal vasculogenesis) …

OBJECTIVE—The expansion of adipose tissue mass seen in obesity involves both
hyperplasia and hypertrophy of adipocytes. However, little is known about how adipocytes …

There are growing data to suggest that tissue hypoxia represents a critical force that drives
adult vasculogenesis. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression is dramatically …

Buerger's disease, also known as thromboangiitis obliterans, is a nonatherosclerotic,
inflammatory, vasoocclusive disease. It is characterized pathologically as a panangiitis of …

Dysfunctional endothelium plays a crucial role in all stages of atherosclerosis and thus the
accurate assessment of this organ is a valuable tool, especially if such assessments are …

Background Tissue engineering techniques have been employed successfully in the
management of wounds, burns and cartilage repair. Current prosthetic alternatives to …

A special type of stem cells, defined as endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs), has been found
in the bone marrow and peripheral blood. These EPCs are incorporated into injured vessels …

Objective—Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) is a bioactive lipid, which influences migration
and proliferation of endothelial cells through activation of S1P receptors and has been …

INFANTILE HEMANGIOMAS (IHS) ARE THE MOST common tumor of infancy. Their unique
clini-cal characteristics, including emergence after birth as a rapidly growing plaque with a …