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SUBMITTER: Nagata E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6856135 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nagata Eiichiro E Masuda Haruchika H Nakayama Taira T Netsu Shizuka S Yuzawa Hiroko H Fujii Natsuko N Kohara Saori S Sorimachi Takatoshi T Osada Takahiro T Imazeki Ryoko R Matsumae Mitsunori M Asahara Takayuki T Takizawa Shunya S
Scientific reports 20191114 1
Moyamoya disease (MMD) is well known to be caused by insufficient cerebral vascular formation. However, the essential pathogenesis has not yet been identified. Using our recently developed technique of generating vasculogenic and anti-inflammatory cultures, we investigated endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) expansion and differentiation under the cytokine milieu generated by the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNCs) of the operated and non-operated MMD patients. EPC colony forming assay of ...[more]