Decreased Count and Dysfunction of Circulating EPCs in Postmenopausal Hypercholesterolemic Females via Reducing NO Production

Figure 5

The correlation between circulating EPCs or NO level and FMD. The amount of circulating EPCs evaluated by FACS (a) or by cell culture (b) correlated with the FMD. There was a correlation between the EPC proliferation (c) or migration (d) and FMD. In addition, there was a correlation between the plasma NO level (e) or NO secretion by EPCs (f) and FMD.

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