Endothelial progenitor cells are rapidly recruited to myocardium and mediate protective effect of ischemic preconditioning via "imported" nitric oxide synthase activity. [electronic resource]
- Circulation Mar 2005
- 1114-20 p. digital
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
1524-4539
10.1161/01.CIR.0000157144.24888.7E doi
Animals Blood Cells--cytology Bone Marrow Cells--cytology Bone Marrow Transplantation Capillaries--pathology Cell Hypoxia Cell Movement Cells, Cultured--enzymology Coronary Circulation Cytokines--physiology Endothelial Cells--cytology Ischemic Preconditioning, Myocardial Male Mice Mice, Inbred C57BL Mice, Inbred Strains Mice, Knockout Myocardial Infarction--pathology Myocardial Ischemia--physiopathology Myocardial Reperfusion Injury--pathology Myocardium--enzymology Neovascularization, Physiologic Nitric Oxide--physiology Nitric Oxide Synthase--deficiency Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III Phosphorylation Protein Processing, Post-Translational Radiation Chimera Stem Cells--cytology Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A--physiology