Vascular Wall-Resident CD44+ Multipotent Stem Cells Give Rise to Pericytes and Smooth Muscle Cells and Contribute to New Vessel Maturation

• Diana Klein ,

  * E-mail: Diana.Klein@uk-essen.de

  Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, University Hospital Essen, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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• Philip Weißhardt,

  Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, University Hospital Essen, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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• Veronika Kleff,

  Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, University Hospital Essen, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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• Holger Jastrow,

  Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, University Hospital Essen, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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• Heinz Günther Jakob,

  Affiliation Clinic for Thorax and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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• Süleyman Ergün

  Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, University Hospital Essen, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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