Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Pages 189-202 , July 2007

Mobilization of human CD34+CD133+ and CD34+CD133 stem cells in vivo by consumption of an extract from Aphanizomenon flos-aquae—related to modulation of CXCR4 expression by an L-selectin ligand?

  • Gitte S. Jensen

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    • Holger NIS, 601 13 Avenue NE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2E 1C7
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 403 277 4134.
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  • Aaron N. Hart

      Affiliations

    • NIS Labs, 1437 Esplanade, Klamath Falls, OR, USA
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  • Lue A.M. Zaske

      Affiliations

    • NIS Labs, 1437 Esplanade, Klamath Falls, OR, USA
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  • Christian Drapeau

      Affiliations

    • StemTech Health Sciences Inc., 1011 Calle Amanecer, San Clemente, CA, USA
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  • Niraj Gupta

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Treatment Center, Merle West Medical Center, 2610 Uhrmann Rd, Klamath Falls, OR, USA
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  • David J. Schaeffer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
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  • J. Alex Cruickshank

      Affiliations

    • NIS Labs, 1437 Esplanade, Klamath Falls, OR, USA

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 This project was supported by the Merle-West Center for Medical Research, a nonprofit research organization, Desert Lake Technologies, a harvester of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae, and NIS Labs, an independent natural products research laboratory.

PII: S1553-8389(07)00049-8

doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2007.03.004

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Pages 189-202 , July 2007