ArticleCell transplantation
Low-Energy Shockwave Treatment Promotes Endothelial Progenitor Cell Homing to the Stenotic Pig Kidney.
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- Elevated neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio in peripheral blood are associated with higher risk of atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Endothelial Progenitor Cells: Disease Markers and Potential Therapy in Kidney Disease.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2025Review
- The application of extracorporeal shock wave therapy on stem cells therapy to treat various diseases.Stem cell research & therapy · 2024Review
- Stem Cells in Kidney Ischemia: From Inflammation and Fibrosis to Renal Tissue Regeneration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Low-Intensity Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (LI-ESWT) in Renal Diseases: A Review of Animal and Human Studies.International journal of nephrology and renovascular disease · 2023Review
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- Cell-based regenerative medicine for renovascular disease.Trends in molecular medicine · 2021Review
- Low-Intensity Shockwave Therapy (LI-ESWT) in Diabetic Kidney Disease: Results from an Open-Label Interventional Clinical Trial.International journal of nephrology and renovascular disease · 2021Article
- It Comes As a Shock: Kidney Repair Using Shockwave Therapy.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2020Review
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Abstract
Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) patrols the circulation and contributes to endothelial cell regeneration. Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS) induces microvascular loss in the stenotic kidney (STK). Low-energy shockwave therapy (SW) can induce angiogenesis and restore the STK microcirculation, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. We tested the hypothesis that SW increases EPC homing to the swine STK, associated with capillary regeneration. Normal pigs and pigs after 3 wk of renal artery stenosis were treated with six sessions of low-energy SW (biweekly for three consecutive weeks) or left untreated. Four weeks after completion of treatment, we assessed EPC (CD34+/KDR+) numbers and levels of the homing-factor stromal cell-derived factor (SDF)-1 in the inferior vena cava and the STK vein and artery, as well as urinary levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and integrin-1β. Subsequently, we assessed STK morphology, capillary count, and expression of the proangiogenic growth factors angiopoietin-1, VEGF, and endothelial nitric oxide synthase
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