Hematopoietic stem cells differentiate into vascular cells that participate in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis.

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Published in Nat Med on April 01, 2002

Authors

Masataka Sata1, Akio Saiura, Atsushi Kunisato, Akihiro Tojo, Seiji Okada, Takeshi Tokuhisa, Hisamaru Hirai, Masatoshi Makuuchi, Yasunobu Hirata, Ryozo Nagai

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1: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. sata-2im@h.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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