Association of Colony-Forming Units With Coronary Artery and Abdominal Aortic Calcification
Author(s) -
Susan Cheng,
Kenneth S. Cohen,
Stanley Y. Shaw,
Martin G. Larson,
Shih-Jen Hwang,
Elizabeth L. McCabe,
Roderick P. Martin,
Rachael Klein,
Basma Hashmi,
Udo Hoffmann,
Caroline S. Fox,
Ramachandran S. Vasan,
Christopher J. O’Donnell,
Thomas J. Wang
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.109.931279
Subject(s) - medicine , calcification , endothelial progenitor cell , cardiology , subclinical infection , coronary atherosclerosis , coronary artery disease , aorta , progenitor cell , agatston score , stem cell , coronary artery calcium , biology , genetics
Certain bone marrow-derived cell populations, called endothelial progenitor cells, have been reported to possess angiogenic activity. Experimental data suggest that depletion of these angiogenic cell populations may promote atherogenesis, but limited data are available on their relation to subclinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in humans.
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