Circulating endothelial cells in Behcet's disease: is there a relationship with vascular involvement?

Bilge N. Ş., Akay O. M., Gunduz E., Bilgin M., Kasifoglu T.

CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY, vol.37, no.6, pp.105-110, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 37 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Journal Name: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.105-110
  • Keywords: Behcet's disease, circulating endothelial cells, endothelial progenitor cells, vasculitis, thrombosis, PROGENITOR CELLS
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective. Circulating endothelial cells (CEC) are identified in conditions with vascular damage such as systemic vasculitis. Our aim was to investigate if EPC, CEC, and/or its subgroups activated CEC (aCEC) or resting CEC (rCEC) related with vascular involvement in Behcet's disease (BD).