Smoking-Induced Inhibition of Number and Activity of Endothelial Progenitor Cells and Nitric Oxide in Males Were Reversed by Estradiol in Premenopausal Females

<div>The correlation between circulating EPCs or NO level and FMD. The number of circulating EPCs evaluated by FACS (a) or by cell culture (b) correlated with the FMD. There was a correlation between the proliferatory (c) or migratory EPCs (d) and FMD. In addition, there was a correlation between the plasma NO level (e) or NO secretion by EPCs (f) and FMD.</div>

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Figure 5: Smoking-Induced Inhibition of Number and Activity of Endothelial Progenitor Cells and Nitric Oxide in Males Were Reversed by Estradiol in Premenopausal Females 

Figure 5 | Smoking-Induced Inhibition of Number and Activity of Endothelial Progenitor Cells and Nitric Oxide in Males Were Reversed by Estradiol in Premenopausal Females 