Methotrexate improves endothelial function in early rheumatoid arthritis patients after 3 months of treatment

G Cafaro, E Petito, O Bistoni, E Falcinelli… - Arthritis Research & …, 2022 - Springer
Background Endothelial dysfunction contributes to increased cardiovascular (CV) disease in
rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Angiogenic T cells (Tang) are a key regulator of vascular function …

Endothelial dysfunction in acute brain injury and the development of cerebral ischemia

SV Ierssel, VM Conraads, EMV Craenenbroeck, Y Liu… - Critical Care, 2015 - Springer
Methods We studied cellular markers of endothelial dysfunction and peripheral reactive
hyperemia index (RHI) in 26 patients with ABI at admission and after 6 and 12 days, and …

Endothelial progenitor cells in cardiovascular disease and hypoxia—potential implications to obstructive sleep apnea

S Berger, L Lavie - Translational Research, 2011 - Elsevier
In recent years, endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) have gained a central role in vascular
regeneration and endothelial repair capacity through angiogenesis and restoring …

Endothelial progenitor cell function, apoptosis, and telomere length in overweight/obese humans

OJ MacEneaney, EJ Kushner, CM Westby, JN Cech… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Excess adiposity is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) play an important role in vascular repair. We tested the …

Early endothelial progenitor cells in bone marrow are a biomarker of cell therapy success in patients with critical limb ischemia

DM Smadja, JP Duong-van-Huyen, L Dal Cortivo… - …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Background aims. Endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) have been proposed for autologous
angiogenic therapy. The objectives of this study were to quantify EPC in the peripheral blood …

Clonogenic assay of endothelial progenitor cells

H Masuda, T Asahara - Trends in cardiovascular medicine, 2013 - Elsevier
In stem cell biology, CD34+ or CD133+ hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) give rise to two
types of endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) colonies: primitive and definitive EPC-colony …

Human podoplanin-positive monocytes and platelets enhance lymphangiogenesis through the activation of the podoplanin/CLEC-2 axis

J Hur, JH Jang, IY Oh, JI Choi, JY Yun, J Kim, YE Choi… - Molecular Therapy, 2014 - cell.com
Emerging studies suggested that murine podoplanin-positive monocytes (PPMs) are
involved in lymphangiogenesis. The goal of this study was to demonstrate the therapeutic …

Gestational loss and growth restriction by angiogenic defects in placental growth factor transgenic mice

M Kang, SJ Park, HJ Kim, J Lee, DH Yu… - … , and vascular biology, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Objective—Angiogenesis is an important biological process during development,
reproduction, and in immune responses. Placental growth factor (PlGF) is a member of …

Circulating angiogenic cell dysfunction in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

L Zucco, Q Zhang, MA Kuliszewski, I Kandic… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is an autosomal dominant vascular disorder.
Circulating angiogenic cells (CACs) play an important role in vascular repair and …

[HTML][HTML] The role of CD27-CD70-mediated T cell co-stimulation in vasculogenesis, arteriogenesis and angiogenesis

KH Simons, Z Aref, HAB Peters, SP Welten… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background T cells have a distinctive role in neovascularization, which consists of
arteriogenesis and angiogenesis under pathological conditions and vasculogenesis under …