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Heart 2004;90:591-592; doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.029942
Copyright © 2004 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Cardiovascular Society
Heart 2004;90:591-592
© 2004 by BMJ Publishing Group & British Cardiac Society

EDITORIAL

Endothelial progenitor cells and coronary artery disease

S Francis

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Correspondence to:
Dr Sheila Francis
Cardiovascular Research Unit, Division of Clinical Sciences North, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S5 7AU, UK; s.francis{at}sheffield.ac.uk

ABSTRACT

Endothelial progenitor cells have radically altered the way in which vascular biologists and clinicians think about the genesis, development, and healing of atherosclerotic lesions.

Keywords: endothelial progenitor cells; stem cells; coronary artery disease

Abbreviations: EPC, endothelial progenitor cell; VEGF2R, vascular endothelial growth factor-2 receptor; VSMC, vascular smooth muscle cells


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