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ArticleJournal of cardiovascular translational research2016

Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells: Potential Biomarkers for Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy.

Santiago Roura, Carolina Gálvez-Montón, Marco A Fernández, Josep Lupón, Antoni Bayes-Genis

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Article in Journal of cardiovascular translational research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Santiago RouraICREC Research Program, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Science Research Institute, Ctra. de Can Ruti, Camí de les Escoles s/n, 08916, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain. sroura@igtp.cat.
Carolina Gálvez-MontónICREC Research Program, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Science Research Institute, Ctra. de Can Ruti, Camí de les Escoles s/n, 08916, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.
Marco A FernándezFlow Cytometry Facility, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Science Research Institute, Badalona, Spain.
Josep LupónCardiology Service, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, Badalona, Spain.
Antoni Bayes-GenisICREC Research Program, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Science Research Institute, Ctra. de Can Ruti, Camí de les Escoles s/n, 08916, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.
Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol · ESUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) remains the most frequent cause of cardiac transplant and thus results in an enormous cost burden for health care systems worldwide. Although DCM is thought to be induced mainly by genetic and/or environmental factors, the cause is unknown in the majority of cases, giving rise to the term idiopathic DCM. Marked cardiac endothelial changes are associated with disease progression and outcome, and there are ongoing efforts to identify biomarkers that have diagnostic and prognostic value. Here, we discuss the potential and the limitations of circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) as minimally invasive serological biomarkers for DCM. In this context, it is essential to further evaluate their clinical utility independently of other variable factors that can also affect EPC levels such as age, gender, lifestyles, and treatments. To that end, large multicenter studies and standardized instrument settings, reagents, and sample preparation protocols are needed to confirm this.

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AnimalsBiomarkersCardiomyopathy, DilatedEndothelial Progenitor CellsHumansPhenotypePredictive Value of TestsReproducibility of ResultsBiomarkersBiomarkerDiagnosisDilated cardiomyopathyEndothelial progenitor cellFlow cytometryHeart failure

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PMID26739321
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