Arterial Injury and Endothelial Repair: Rapid Recovery of Function after Mechanical Injury in Healthy Volunteers

Table 2

Effect of ischaemia and injury on endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) numbers.

	Healthy volunteers: IR	Healthy volunteers: injury	Patients
V/133 baseline	404±38	267±22	50±14
2 d	465±138	241±27	23±4
7 d	450±179	270±22	29±13
4 m			40±29
V/34 baseline	18±6	11±3	7±2
2 d	11±4	7±1	7±2
7 d	9±2	12±2	3±1
4 m			2±1
133/34 baseline	74±14	78±10	16±2
2 d	73±14	96±13	19±4
7 d	82±13	105±16	20±4
4 m			21±5

Values are mean ± SEM. IR: ischaemia-reperfusion; V/133 VEGFR2⁺/CD133⁺ cells; V/34 VEGFR2⁺/CD34⁺ cells; 133/34 CD133⁺/CD34⁺ cells.