In Vitro Endothelial Cell Proliferation Assay Reveals Distinct Levels of Proangiogenic Cytokines Characterizing Sera of Healthy Subjects and of Patients with Heart Failure

• Main Authors: Rebecca Voltan (Author), Giorgio Zauli (Author), Paola Rizzo (Author), Alessandro Fucili (Author), Micaela Pannella (Author), Roberto Marci (Author), Veronica Tisato (Author), Roberto Ferrari (Author), Paola Secchiero (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Although myocardial angiogenesis is thought to play an important role in heart failure (HF), the involvement of circulating proinflammatory and proangiogenic cytokines in the pathogenesis and/or prognosis of HF has not been deeply investigated. By using a highly standardized proliferation assay with...