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, cilt.37, sa.6, ss.105-110, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 37 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Dergi Adı: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.105-110
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Behcet's disease, circulating endothelial cells, endothelial progenitor cells, vasculitis, thrombosis, PROGENITOR CELLS
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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).