CD34 is a cell surface antigen expressed in numerous stem/progenitor cells including
hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs), which are known …

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease with a poor prognosis. To date, the
pathogenesis of SSc is still unclear; moreover, its pathological conditions include …

In this study, we demonstrate that graphene oxide (GO) can be used for the delivery of bone
morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) and substance P (SP), and that this delivery promotes …

In the last 10 years an increasing interest has been devoted to the study of endothelial
progenitor cells (EPCs), a subtype of immature cells involved in endothelial repair and …

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is associated with a significant risk of cardiovascular
disease (CVD), which substantially increases disease mortality and morbidity. The overall …

The precise and conceptual insight of circulating endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) kinetics is
hampered by the absence of an assay system capable of evaluating the EPC differentiation …

As with most cells, bovine pre-elongation embryos are highly dependent on oxidative
phosphorylation as the primary energy production pathway (that is, ATP generating …

Systemic autoimmune diseases are a group of disorders featured by humoral and cell-
mediated immune responses against several self-molecules. Despite the fact that diagnostic …

The observations that traditional cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors fail to fully
account for the excessive cardiovascular mortality in patients with systemic lupus …

Vascular remodeling in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) involves
hyperproliferative and apoptosis-resistant pulmonary artery endothelial cells. In this study …