Mobilization of stem and progenitor cells in cardiovascular diseasesW Wojakowski
Third Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Leukemia 26:23-33. 2012
..This review discusses the mobilization of SPCs in acute ischemia (MI, stroke), as well as in stable cardiovascular disease, and highlights the possibility of using the SPC as a marker of cardiovascular risk...
Effects of intracoronary delivery of allogenic bone marrow-derived stem cells expressing heme oxygenase-1 on myocardial reperfusion injuryWojciech Wojakowski
Third Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Thromb Haemost 108:464-75. 2012
..HO-1 BMC were not superior to control cells after 14 days, however, produced faster recovery of LVEF. Transplanted cells survived in the peri-infarct zone...
Very small embryonic-like stem cells in cardiovascular repairWojciech Wojakowski
Third Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Pharmacol Ther 129:21-8. 2011
..VSELs can be useful in translational studies of cardiovascular repair...
Mobilization of very small embryonic-like stem cells in acute coronary syndromes and strokeW Wojakowski
Third Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Herz 35:467-72. 2010
..VSELs are promising candidates for further pre-clinical and clinical studies on cellular cardiovascular therapy...
Circulating very small embryonic-like stem cells in cardiovascular diseaseWojciech Wojakowski
Third Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Silesia, 45 47 Ziołowa Street, Katowice, Poland
J Cardiovasc Transl Res 4:138-44. 2011
..Experiments in mice showed differentiation of BM-derived VSELs into cardiac myocytes and effectiveness of expanded and pre-differentiated VSLEs in improvement of left ventricular ejection fraction after myocardial infarction...
Circulating progenitor cells in stable coronary heart disease and acute coronary syndromes: relevant reparatory mechanism?W Wojakowski
Third Division of Cardiology, Silesian School of Medicine, 45 47 ZioHowa Street, 40 635 Katowice, Poland
Heart 94:27-33. 2008
..Data on mobilisation of stem/progenitor cells in acute coronary syndromes are summarised here. Cell types, mechanisms of mobilisation, homing and engraftment are discussed and their relevance to clinical outcomes...
Plasma levels of von willebrand factor, endothelin-1, prostacyclin and thromboxane in children from families with high risk of premature coronary artery diseaseW Wojakowski
Department of Experimental and Clinical Biochemistry, Silesian Medical Academy, Katowice, Poland
Scand J Clin Lab Invest 61:317-23. 2001
..In a logistic regression analysis, we found that the 6-ketoPGF1alpha concentration in the lower quartile (< 16.1 pmol/L) was associated with a 3.4-fold odds of inclusion in the high-risk group versus the upper quartile (>23.0 pmol/L)...