Circulating Proangiogenic Cells and Proteins in Patients with Glioma and Acute Myocardial Infarction: Differences in Neovascularization between Neoplasia and Tissue Regeneration
Figure 1
The frequencies of EPCs in patients included in the study. Boxplots of frequencies of EPCs (absolute amount in 1106 PBMCs). Extreme outliers have been excluded from the graphs (extreme outliers excluded: HPCs: 2 (1 MI, 1 GBM); KDR+: 6 (3 MI, 3 HC); CD133+: 2 (1 MI, 1 GBM); KDR+CD133+: 1 GBM). (a) HPC levels are the highest in GBM patients. Levels are similar in HC and AII/III patients. (b) KDR+ levels are the highest in GBM and increased in MI patients. Levels are similar in AII/III and HC. (c) CD13 cells are the highest in MI patients and elevated in GBM patients. Levels are similar in AII/III and HC. (d) KDR+CD13 cells are the highest in MI patients and elevated in GBM patients. Levels are similar in AII/III and HC. (e) CECs are elevated in both MI and GBM patients. They are indistinguishable between HC and AII/III. (f) The ratio of CD133bright/CD13 HPCs is highest in MI patients.