Platelets of Healthy Origins Promote Functional Improvement of Atherosclerotic Endothelial Progenitor Cells

• Main Authors: Nicoleta Alexandru (Author), Florentina Safciuc (Author), Alina Constantin (Author), Miruna Nemecz (Author), Gabriela Tanko (Author), Alexandru Filippi (Author), Emanuel Dragan (Author), Elisabeta Bãdilã (Author), Adriana Georgescu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The purpose was to evaluate the effect of platelets on functional properties of late endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs), in the direct co-culture conditions, and to investigate the involved mediators, in experimental induced atherosclerosis. The late EPCs obtained from two animal groups, hypertensi...