Effects of Treatment for Diabetes Mellitus on Circulating Vascular Progenitor Cells

• Main Authors: Takanori Kusuyama (Author), Takashi Omura (Author), Daisuke Nishiya (Author), Soichiro Enomoto (Author), Ryo Matsumoto (Author), Kazuhide Takeuchi (Author), Junichi Yoshikawa (Author), Minoru Yoshiyama (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) have an important role in angiogenesis, and the smooth muscle progenitor cells (SMPCs) participate in atherosclerosis. However, little is known about the effects of treatment of diabetes mellitus (DM) on EPCs and SMPCs. Therefore, we investigated t...