Mobilization of endothelial progenitor cells in patients with acute myocardial infarction

S Shintani, T Murohara, H Ikeda, T Ueno, T Honma… - Circulation, 2001 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) circulate in adult peripheral blood (PB)
and contribute to neovascularization. However, little is known regarding whether EPCs and …

Increased circulating hematopoietic and endothelial progenitor cells in the early phase of acute myocardial infarction

M Massa, V Rosti, M Ferrario, R Campanelli, I Ramajoli… - Blood, 2005 - ashpublications.org
Endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) mobilization has been reported following tissue damage,
whereas no data are available regarding the mobilization of hematopoietic progenitor cells …

CD14+CD34low Cells With Stem Cell Phenotypic and Functional Features Are the Major Source of Circulating Endothelial Progenitors

P Romagnani, F Annunziato, F Liotta, E Lazzeri… - Circulation …, 2005 - Am Heart Assoc
Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) seem to be a promising tool for cell therapy of acute
myocardial infarction, but their nature is still unclear. We show here that EPCs obtainable …

The impact of the capability of circulating progenitor cell to differentiate on myocardial salvage in patients with primary acute myocardial infarction

Y Numaguchi, T Sone, K Okumura, M Ishii, Y Morita… - Circulation, 2006 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) are known to be involved in
vasculogenesis and mobilized after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). To test the hypothesis …

Endothelial progenitor cell mobilization after percutaneous coronary intervention

S Banerjee, E Brilakis, S Zhang, M Roesle, J Lindsey… - Atherosclerosis, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: In animal models, circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) have been
shown to participate in repair of damaged or degenerating vascular surfaces. In humans …

Reduced number of circulating endothelial progenitor cells predicts future cardiovascular events: proof of concept for the clinical importance of endogenous vascular …

C Schmidt-Lucke, L Rössig, S Fichtlscherer, M Vasa… - Circulation, 2005 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The maintenance of endothelial integrity plays a critical role in preventing
atherosclerotic disease progression. Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) were …

Endothelial‐like cells expanded from CD34+ blood cells improve left ventricular function after experimental myocardial infarction

I Ott, U Keller, M Knoedler, KS Götze, K Doss… - The FASEB …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Mobilization and recruitment of endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) contributes to
vasculogenesis in vivo. So far, applications for cell therapy are limited by the number of …

Relevance of monocytic features for neovascularization capacity of circulating endothelial progenitor cells

C Urbich, C Heeschen, A Aicher, E Dernbach… - Circulation, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Transplantation of ex vivo expanded circulating endothelial progenitor cells
(EPCs) from peripheral blood mononuclear cells improves the neovascularization after …

Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor mobilizes functional endothelial progenitor cells in patients with coronary artery disease

TM Powell, JD Paul, JM Hill, M Thompson… - … , and vascular biology, 2005 - Am Heart Assoc
Objective—Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) that may repair vascular injury are reduced
in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). We reasoned that EPC number and function …

Soluble factors released by endothelial progenitor cells promote migration of endothelial cells and cardiac resident progenitor cells

C Urbich, A Aicher, C Heeschen, E Dernbach… - Journal of molecular and …, 2005 - Elsevier
Circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) are incorporated into newly formed capillaries,
enhance neovascularization after hind limb ischemia and improve cardiac function after …