Diverse contribution of bone marrow-derived late-outgrowth endothelial progenitor cells to vascular repair under pulmonary arterial hypertension and arterial neointimal formation
Ikutomi M, Sahara M, Nakajima T, Minami Y, Morita T, Hirata Y, Komuro I, Nakamura F, Sata M. Diverse contribution of bone marrow-derived late-outgrowth endothelial progenitor cells to vascular repair under pulmonary arterial hypertension and arterial neointimal formation. Journal Of Molecular And Cellular Cardiology 2015, 86: 121-135. PMID: 26231083, DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2015.07.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary arterial hypertensionEndothelial progenitor cellsLate outgrowth endothelial progenitor cellsEarly endothelial progenitor cellsFemoral arteryVascular repairEPC subpopulationsArterial hypertensionArterial neointimal formationProgenitor cellsBM mononuclear cellsNeointimal lesion formationFisher 344 ratsEPC treatmentEnhanced proliferation potentialPulmonary arteriolesPulmonary arteryPulmonary vasculatureEndovascular injuryMononuclear cellsVascular diseaseSystemic arteriesTherapeutic effectNeointimal formationInflammatory genes