Novel cell-free strategy for therapeutic angiogenesis: in vitro generated conditioned medium can replace progenitor cell transplantation.

BACKGROUND: Current evidence suggests that endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) contribute to ischemic tissue repair by both secretion of paracrine factors and incorporation into developing vessels. We tested the hypothesis that cell-free administration of paracrine factors secreted by cultured EPC ma...

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Main Authors: Stefano Di Santo, Zijiang Yang, Moritz Wyler von Ballmoos, Jan Voelzmann, Nicolas Diehm, Iris Baumgartner, Christoph Kalka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2682571?pdf=render