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Table 2 Progenitor Cells in Subjects with Unstable Plaques and Subjects with Stable Plaques

From: Surface expression of CXCR4 on circulating CD133+progenitor cells is associated with plaque instability in subjects with carotid artery stenosis

 

Subjects with Stable Plaques

Subjects with Unstable Plaques

 
 

(n = 23)

(n = 8)

p

CD133+ progenitor cells (cells/μl)

0.14 [0.07] ± 0.04

0.09 [0.07] ± 0.03

n.s.

VEGFR2+CD34+ progenitor cells (cells/μl)

0.15 [0.12] ± 0.04

0.17 [0.14] ± 0.04

n.s.

CXCR4 surface expression on CD133+ progenitor cells

65.78 [62.6] ± 3.76

86.74 [87.57] ± 5.64

0.009

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Vascular Cell

ISSN: 2045-824X

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