2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The role of circulating fibrocytes for cardiovascular remodeling

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20790540
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Circulatory organs internal medicine
Research Institution	Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Principal Investigator	AMANO Katsuya Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 医学部, 博士研究員 (70468263)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2009
Keywords	分子血管病態学
Research Abstract	The human peripheral blood contains fibrocytes that can differentiate into other mesenchymal cells, such as myofibroblasts and adipocytes . In this study, we examined the role of fibrocytes in cardiovascular disease. We suggest that fibrocytes are not the critical role in cardiovascular disease such as infracted myocardium, over pressure load and ischemic limb disease in a mouse model.

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