Hepatocyte growth factor and carotid intima-media thickness in relation to circulating CD34-positive cell levels.

Yuji ShimizuShimpei SatoJun KoyamatsuHirotomo YamanashiMako NagayoshiShin-Ya KawashiriKeita InoueShoichi FukuiHideaki KondoSeiko NakamichiYasuhiro NagataTakahiro Maeda

Published in: Environmental health and preventive medicine (2018)

A positive association exists between HGF and CIMT in community-dwelling elderly Japanese men, which is limited to participants with low numbers of circulating CD34-positive cells. Our findings indicate that circulating CD34-positive cell levels could determine the influence of HGF on CIMT in elderly Japanese men.

Keyphrases

community dwelling
growth factor
middle aged
single cell
cell therapy
induced apoptosis
stem cells
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
mesenchymal stem cells
signaling pathway
cell death
bone marrow