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World J Cardiol. Dec 26, 2010; 2(12): 411-420
Published online Dec 26, 2010. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v2.i12.411
Endothelial progenitor cells as factors in neovascularization and endothelial repair
Stefano Capobianco, Venu Chennamaneni, Mayank Mittal, Nannan Zhang, Cuihua Zhang
Stefano Capobianco, Department of Cardiology, Gaetano Rummo Hospital, Via Dell’Angelo 1, 82100 Benevento, Italy
Venu Chennamaneni, Mayank Mittal, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, MO 65211, United States
Nannan Zhang, Cuihua Zhang, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
Author contributions: Capobianco S, Chennamaneni V, Mittal M and Zhang N wrote the manuscript; Zhang C supervised this study and edited the manuscript; Capobianco S and Chennamaneni V contributed equally to this work.
Supported by Grants from American Heart Association grant-in-aid, No. 0455435B; American Heart Association SDG, No. 110350047A; and NIH Grant No. RO1-HL077566 and No. RO1-HL085119 to Zhang C
Correspondence to: Cuihua Zhang, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, United States. zhangcu@missouri.edu
Telephone: +1-573-8822427 Fax: +1-573-8844232
Received: August 2, 2010
Revised: September 20, 2010
Accepted: September 27, 2010
Published online: December 26, 2010
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