Animal and preliminary human studies of adult cell therapy following acute myocardial
infarction have shown an overall improvement of cardiac function. Myocardial and vascular …

Estrogen is a potent steroid with pleiotropic effects, which have yet to be fully elucidated.
Estrogen has both nuclear and non-nuclear effects. The rapid response to estrogen, which …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) influence many physiological processes including host
defense, hormone biosynthesis, fertilization, and cellular signaling. Increased ROS …

Heme oxygenases are composed of two isozymes, Hmox1 and Hmox2, that catalyze the
degradation of heme to carbon monoxide (CO), ferrous iron, and biliverdin, the latter of …

Restenosis is a complex disease for which the pathophysiological mechanisms have not yet
been fully elucidated, but are thought to include inflammation, proliferation, and matrix …

Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate whether rapid endothelialization of
stainless steel stents with a functional endothelium prevents stent thrombosis and reduces …

Accumulating evidence indicates the impact of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in
vascular repair. In patients, the number of EPCs is negatively correlated with the severity of …

Thrombogenic reaction, aggressive smooth muscle cell (SMC) proliferation, and sluggish
endothelial cell (EC) migration onto bioinert metal vascular stents make poststenting …

Bone marrow and peripheral blood of adults contain a special sub‐type of progenitor cells
which are able to differentiate into mature endothelial cells, thus contributing to re …

The role of preexisting collateral channels in the heart is far less well established. Early
studies failed to show the existence of coronary-to-coronary artery connection in normal …