Ischemic Preconditioning Increases Endothelial Progenitor Cell Number to Attenuate Partial Nephrectomy-Induced Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury

Hao Liu, Ruipeng Jia, Bing Zhong, Jiageng Zhu, Yu Peng, Yan Zhao, Yu‐Zheng Ge, Jianping Wu

PLoS ONE · 2013 · 26 citations · 40 references

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Abstract

OUR INVESTIGATION SUGGESTED THAT: (1) the early phase of IPC may attenuate renal IRI induced by PN; (2) EPCs play an important role in renal protection, involving promotion of cell proliferation and angiogenesis through release of several angiogenic factors.

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