Granulocyte-CSF induced inflammation-associated cardiac thrombosis in iron loading mouse heart and can be attenuated by statin therapy

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), a hematopoietic cytokine, was recently used to treat patients of acute myocardial infarction with beneficial effect. However, controversy exists as some patients developed re-stenosis an...

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Main Authors: Cheng Winston TK, Lin Heng, Lian Wei S, Kikuchi Tateki, Cheng Ching F
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-04-01
Series:Journal of Biomedical Science
Online Access:http://www.jbiomedsci.com/content/18/1/26