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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001;121:820
© 2001 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letters to the Editor

Vascular endothelial cell is a stem cell for neointimal formation after injury

Jiri T. Beranek, MD

4101 S. Wappel Dr Columbia, MO 65203

To the Editor:

Hosono and associatesGo 1 used immunohistochemical techniques for the identification of smooth muscle cells and macrophages in neointimal formations at the anastomoses of internal thoracic artery grafts with coronary arteries after bypass grafting in human beings. For the simultaneous identification of both cell types, they used a double staining method with monoclonal antibodies HHF-35 identifying muscle actin and HAM-56 recognizing macrophages. Having evaluated the results, they overlooked those cells that manifested both markers. Notice in their Fig 4, . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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