Circulating apoptotic progenitor cells in patients with congestive heart failure.

BACKGROUND: Circulating CD34+ endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) are capable of differentiating into mature endothelial cells to assist in angiogenesis and vasculogenesis. We sought to quantify the numbers of apoptotic progenitors in patients with congestive heart failure. METHODS AND RESULTS: Peri...

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Main Authors: Dael Geft, Shmuel Schwartzenberg, Ori Rogowsky, Ariel Finkelstein, Jacob Ablin, Sofia Maysel-Auslender, Dov Wexler, Gad Keren, Jacob George
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2528948?pdf=render