Circulating progenitor cells in hypertensive subjects: Effectiveness of a treatment with olmesartan in improving cell number and miR profile in addition to expected pharmacological effects

Giuseppe Mandraffino; Caterina Oriana Aragona; Valentina Cairo; Michele Scuruchi; Alberto Lo Gullo; Angela D’Ascola; Angela Alibrandi; Saverio Loddo; Sebastiano Quartuccio; Carmela Morace; Enricomaria Mormina; Giorgio Basile; Antonino Saitta; Egidio Imbalzano

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0173030

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Circulating progenitor cells in hypertensive subjects: Effectiveness of a treatment with olmesartan in improving cell number and miR profile in addition to expected pharmacological effects

Giuseppe Mandraffino ,

* E-mail: gmandraffino@unime.it

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0272-2237

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Caterina Oriana Aragona,

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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Valentina Cairo,

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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Michele Scuruchi,

Affiliation Department of Biochemical, Physiological and Nutritional Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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Alberto Lo Gullo,

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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Angela D’Ascola,

Affiliation Department of Biochemical, Physiological and Nutritional Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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Angela Alibrandi,

Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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Saverio Loddo,

Affiliation Department of Biochemical, Physiological and Nutritional Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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Sebastiano Quartuccio,

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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Carmela Morace,

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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Enricomaria Mormina,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and of Morphologic and Functional Images, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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Giorgio Basile,

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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Antonino Saitta,

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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Egidio Imbalzano

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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Circulating progenitor cells in hypertensive subjects: Effectiveness of a treatment with olmesartan in improving cell number and miR profile in addition to expected pharmacological effects

Giuseppe Mandraffino,
Caterina Oriana Aragona,
Valentina Cairo,
Michele Scuruchi,
Alberto Lo Gullo,
Angela D’Ascola,
Angela Alibrandi,
Saverio Loddo,
Sebastiano Quartuccio,
Carmela Morace

Published: March 16, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173030

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