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• M-CSF accelerates neointimal formation in the early phase after vascular injury in mice: the critical role of the SDF-1-CXCR4 system.

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• Sphingosine-1-phosphate stimulates the functional capacity of progenitor cells by activation of the CXCR4-dependent signaling pathway via the S1P3 receptor.

  Walter DH, Rochwalsky U, Reinhold J, Seeger F, Aicher A, Urbich C, Spyridopoulos I, Chun J, Brinkmann V, Keul P, Levkau B, Zeiher AM, Dimmeler S, Haendeler J. Walter DH, et al. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2007 Feb;27(2):275-82. doi: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000254669.12675.70. Epub 2006 Dec 7. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2007. PMID: 17158356