High frequency of endothelial colony forming cells marks a non-active myeloproliferative neoplasm with high risk of splanchnic vein thrombosis.

Increased mobilization of circulating endothelial progenitor cells may represent a new biological hallmark of myeloproliferative neoplasms. We measured circulating endothelial colony forming cells (ECFCs) in 106 patients with primary myelofibrosis, fibrotic stage, 49 with prefibrotic myelofibrosis,...

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Main Authors: Vittorio Rosti, Elisa Bonetti, Gaetano Bergamaschi, Rita Campanelli, Paola Guglielmelli, Marcello Maestri, Umberto Magrini, Margherita Massa, Carmine Tinelli, Gianluca Viarengo, Laura Villani, Massimo Primignani, Alessandro M Vannucchi, Francesco Frassoni, Giovanni Barosi, AGIMM Investigators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21151606/pdf/?tool=EBI