Red ginseng extract improves coronary flow reserve and increases absolute numbers of various circulating angiogenic cells in patients with first ST‐segment elevation acute myocardial infarction
- 1 February 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Phytotherapy Research
- Vol. 25 (2), 239-249
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.3250
Abstract
The effects of red ginseng extract on circulating angiogenic cell mobilization and improvement of microvascular integrity were evaluated in ST‐elevation acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients during 8‐month follow‐up. AMI patients (n = 50) were randomly assigned to the red ginseng group (3 g/day, n = 25) or the placebo group (n = 25) after coronary stenting. Coronary flow reserve (CFR) was measured at baseline and at 8 months with an intracoronary Doppler wire. Serial changes in the absolute numbers of circulating angiogenic cells such as CD34+, CXCR4+, CD117+, CD133+ and C‐met+ were measured at baseline, 1 day, 5 days and at 8 months. CFR were similar between the two groups at baseline, and CFR was significantly higher in the red ginseng group than in the placebo group (2.80 ± 0.91 and 2.56 ± 0.77, p < 0.05, respectively) after 8 months of red ginseng administration. The absolute numbers of circulating CD34+, CXCR4+ and CD117+ cells were significantly higher in the red ginseng group at 1 and 5 days after stenting. Significant positive correlations were found between the numbers of circulating angiogenic cells at day 1 and the changes from baseline in CFR for CD34+, CXCR4+, CD117+ and C‐met+ cells. Red ginseng extract increased CD34+, CXCR4+ and CD117+ circulating angiogenic cell mobilization and decreased inflammation in AMI patients, thereby improving CFR during the 8‐month follow‐up. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Keywords
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