Cilostazol enhances mobilization and proliferation of endothelial progenitor cells and collateral formation by modifying vasculo-angiogenic biomarkers in peripheral arterial disease

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan. Electronic address: chaotinghsing@yahoo.com.tw.
² Department of Biological Science, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Municipal Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Radiology, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
⁷ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.

Randomized Controlled Trial

Ting-Hsing Chao et al. Int J Cardiol. 2014.

. 2014 Mar 15;172(2):e371-4.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.12.295. Epub 2014 Jan 11.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan. Electronic address: chaotinghsing@yahoo.com.tw.
² Department of Biological Science, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Municipal Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Radiology, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
⁷ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.

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Keywords: Angiogenesis; Biological markers; Cilostazol; Peripheral arterial disease; Progenitor cells.

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