Ischemic Preconditioning Increases Endothelial Progenitor Cell Number to Attenuate Partial Nephrectomy-Induced Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury

• Hao Liu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hao Liu, Ran Wu

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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• Ran Wu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hao Liu, Ran Wu

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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• Rui-Peng Jia ,

  * E-mail: urologist025@sohu.com

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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• Bing Zhong,

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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• Jia-Geng Zhu,

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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• Peng Yu,

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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• Yan Zhao,

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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• Yu-Zheng Ge,

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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• Jian-Ping Wu

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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