Depletion of Vascular Endothelial Progenitor Cells Inhibits Inflammation
Penack O, Henke E, Suh D, King C, Smith M, Na I, Holland A, Ghosh A, Lu S, Jenq R, Liu C, Murphy G, Lu T, May C, Scheinberg D, Gao D, Mittal V, Benezra R, Van Den Brink M. Depletion of Vascular Endothelial Progenitor Cells Inhibits Inflammation. Blood 2008, 112: 694. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v112.11.694.694.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDepletion of EPCsAllo-BMT recipientsEndothelial progenitor cellsDonor T cellsRole of EPCsDay of BMTGVHD target organsDonor BM cellsAllo-BMTT cellsTumor growthImproved survivalA20 lymphomaInflamed colonPeripheral bloodEndothelial cellsInflammatory diseasesBM cellsTarget organsBM-derived endothelial progenitor cellsAllogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantationDay 0Donor endothelial progenitor cellsAllogeneic bone marrow transplantationBALB/c recipients