Endothelial progenitor cells, cardiovascular risk factors, cytokine levels and atherosclerosis--results from a large population-based study.

Endothelial progenitor cells, cardiovascular risk factors, cytokine levels and atherosclerosis--results from a large population-based study.

EPC number and functionality are assumed to reflect the endogenous vascular repair capacity with the EPC pool declining in higher ages and being exhausted by unfavorable life-style and risk factors. This intriguing and clinically highly relevant concept, however, has so far been derived from small c...

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Main Authors: Qingzhong Xiao, Stefan Kiechl, Seema Patel, Friedrich Oberhollenzer, Siegfried Weger, Agnes Mayr, Bernhard Metzler, Markus Reindl, Yanhua Hu, Johann Willeit, Qingbo Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1995762?pdf=render

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