Integrin Profile and In Vivo Homing of Human Smooth Muscle Progenitor Cells
- 26 October 2004
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Circulation
- Vol. 110 (17), 2673-2677
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.0000139842.15651.b2
Abstract
Background— Recently, we identified circulating smooth muscle progenitor cells (SPCs) in human peripheral blood. The integrin profile of such progenitors is currently unknown and may affect their in vivo homing characteristics. In this study, we determined the integrin profile of vascular progenitors and SPC adhesion to extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins in vitro and in vivo.Keywords
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