Ultrasound stimulation restores impaired neovascularization-related capacities of human circulating angiogenic cells
Author(s) -
Yasuyuki Toyama,
Kenichiro Sasaki,
Katsuro Tachibana,
Takafumi Ueno,
Hidemi Kajimoto,
Shinji Yokoyama,
Masanori Ohtsuka,
Hiroshi Koiwaya,
Takaharu Nakayoshi,
Yoshiaki Mitsutake,
Hidetoshi Chibana,
Naoki Itaya,
Tsutomu Imaizumi
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
cardiovascular research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.774
H-Index - 219
eISSN - 1755-3245
pISSN - 0008-6363
DOI - 10.1093/cvr/cvs173
Subject(s) - neovascularization , angiogenesis , stimulation , medicine , therapeutic angiogenesis , ischemia , ultrasound , cardiology , radiology
Unsatisfactory effects of therapeutic angiogenesis in critical limb ischaemia may be ascribed to use of circulating angiogenic cells (CACs) derived from atherosclerotic patients with impaired neovascularization-related capacities. We tested whether ultrasound cell stimulation can restore the impaired capacities.
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