Assessment of the tissue distribution of transplanted human endothelial progenitor cells by radioactive labeling
- Aicher, A
- Brenner, W
- Zuhayra, M
- Badorff, C
- Massoudi, S
- Assmus, B
- Eckey, T
- Henze, E
- Zeiher, AM
- Dimmeler, S
Publication date
January 2003
DOI Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) ISSN
0009-7322 Language
EnglishAbstract
Background— Transplantation of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) improves vascularization and left ventricular function after experimental myocardial ischemia. However, tissue distribution of transplanted EPCs has not yet been monitored in living animals. Therefore, we tested whether radioactive labeling allows us to detect injected EPCs
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