Circulating endothelial cells in Behcet's disease: is there a relationship with vascular involvement?
CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY, vol.37, no.6, pp.105-110, 2019 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- 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).