Clinical ResearchHeart FailureSelective Functional Exhaustion of Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells in the Bone Marrow of Patients With Postinfarction Heart Failure
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Abbreviations and Acronyms
BM-MNC
bone marrow–derived mononuclear cell
CAD
coronary artery disease
CFU-GM
colony-forming unit–granulocyte-macrophage
CHF
chronic heart failure
DCM
dilated cardiomyopathy
EPC
endothelial progenitor cell
EPO
erythropoietin
HSC
hematopoietic stem cell
hsCRP
high-sensitivity C-reactive protein
ICM
ischemic cardiomyopathy
LV
left ventricular
MI
myocardial infarction
MMP
matrix metalloproteinase
NT-proBNP
N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide
NYHA
New York Heart Association
PlGF
placental growth factor
TNF
tumor necrosis factor
VEGF
vascular endothelial growth factor
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The authors of this article belong to the European Vascular Genomics Network, a Network of Excellence supported by the European Community’s Sixth Framework Programme for Research Priority 1: “Life sciences, genomics and biotechnology for health” (Contract No. LSHM-CT-2003-503254). The first two authors contributed equally to this work.
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Dr. Kissel was supported in part by the Dr. August Scheidel Foundation and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG Wa 1461/2-2).
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